Dividends

VZVerizon Communications

StockNYSEUnited StatesCommunication servicesEU retail: available
10/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
6.33%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
6.38%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.81
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
67 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
6.33% → 5.22%
Forward
6.38% → 5.25%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 5.22%

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

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+2.2%
Years of dividend growth
24
Years without a cut
24
Payout ratio (earnings)
73%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Unverified dividendA high yield reported by a single source only, not yet cross-checked.

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: 2017 $2.32, 2018 $2.37, 2019 $2.42, 2020 $2.47, 2021 $2.52, 2022 $2.57, 2023 $2.62, 2024 $2.67, 2025 $2.722017: $2.322018: $2.372019: $2.422020: $2.472021: $2.522022: $2.572023: $2.622024: $2.672025: $2.72

Payment history

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

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
09 Oct 2026—$0.708RegularSingle source2
10 Jul 2026—$0.708RegularSingle source2
10 Apr 2026—$0.708RegularSingle source2
12 Jan 2026—$0.69RegularSingle 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.

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