Dividends

RYRoyal Bank of Canada

StockNYSECanadaFinancialsEU retail: available
10/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
1.26%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.58%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.45
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
71 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

We do not estimate tax on distributions from Canada yet.

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
−6.3%
Years of dividend growth
0
Years without a cut
0
Payout ratio (earnings)
17%

Sources disagreeDividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.

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 $0.623, 2017 $1.97, 2018 $2.93, 2019 $3.07, 2020 $3.19, 2021 $3.44, 2022 $3.83, 2023 $3.97, 2024 $4.09, 2025 $3.232016: $0.6232017: $1.972018: $2.932019: $3.072020: $3.192021: $3.442022: $3.832023: $3.972024: $4.092025: $3.23

Payment history

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

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
27 Jul 2026—$1.25RegularSingle source2
23 Apr 2026—$1.20RegularSingle source2
24 Jul 2025—$1.13RegularSingle source2
24 Apr 2025—$1.07RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so 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 →