Dividends

RCLRoyal Caribbean Cruises

StockNYSEUnited StatesConsumer discretionaryEU retail: available
2/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
2.00%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.19%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$5.50
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
39 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

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Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

Years of dividend growth
2
Years without a cut
2
Payout ratio (earnings)
34%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

Caution:Dividend cut riskDividend Safety below 40 points.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.48, 2017 $2.16, 2018 $2.60, 2019 $2.96, 2020 $0.78, 2024 $0.95, 2025 $3.502016: $0.482017: $2.162018: $2.602019: $2.962020: $0.782024: $0.952025: $3.50

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
17 Sep 2026—$1.50RegularSingle source1
03 Jun 2026—$1.50RegularSingle source1
06 Mar 2026—$1.50RegularSingle source1
26 Dec 2025—$1.00RegularSingle source1

Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut. Dividend calculator →