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Novartis dividendWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.

Yes. Novartis pays 4.74 USD a share once a year: 4.74 USD a year at the current rate, a dividend yield of 2.95% at today's price of 160.42.

Annual dividend

4.74 USD

Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.

2.95%

Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).

90.29%

Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.

2

Frequency

Annual

Last payment

4.74 USD

Last ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.

11 Mar 2026

Last payment date

16 Mar 2026

Next ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.

Not declared yet

Dividend growth, 5 years (a year)

5.3%

Dividend growth, 10 years (a year)

4.7%

First dividend

26 Feb 1997

Dividends by year

Each calendar year's dividends by payment date, per share and adjusted for stock splits, against the year before.

Is the dividend covered?What is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).

Each fiscal year's diluted EPS and free cash flow a share against the dividends paid a share (the cash flow statement's dividends over the diluted share count). When they are well above the dividend, it is paid with room to spare.

Is the dividend yield high or low for this stock?Is the dividend yield high or low for this stock? Today's dividend yield against every daily yield of the stock's last 5 years: near its high, the dividend is cheap to buy; near its low, it is expensive.

The dividend yield of 2.95% is below its 5-year median of 3.42% (range 2.37% to 4.71%).

The yearly dividend (the latest times the payments a year) over each day's close, five years. A yield near its low usually means the price has risen faster than the dividend.

See also:Dividend yield,Stock buybacks,Financials

Common questions about Novartis's dividend