AZNAstraZeneca plc
−0.5% today · +2.9% over a year
6/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 62% of the instruments we score
Quality: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 25.7). Dividend yield 1.87%.
AstraZeneca plc (AZN) dividends: trailing yield 1.87%, Dividend Safety 76/100, 5-year growth 3.4% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 1.87% → 1.82%
- Forward
- 1.25% → 1.21%
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (United Kingdom)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2.65%
- You keep
- 97.35%
- Source country assumed: United Kingdom (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- 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: 1.73%
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)
- +3.4%
- Years of dividend growth
- 0
- Years without a cut
- 24
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 37%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 42%
Annual total differs from the company's SEC filing
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Aug 2026 | — | £0.795 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 19 Feb 2026 | — | £1.59 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 07 Aug 2025 | — | £0.767 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | — | £1.68 | Regular | Single source | 2 |
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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