Dividends

MGEEMGE Energy Inc

StockNasdaqUnited StatesUtilitiesEU retail: available

−1.0% today · −11.7% over a year

No score: too little data.

Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; Trend: among the weakest. Dividend yield 2.63%.

MGE Energy Inc (MGEE) dividends: trailing yield 2.63%, next ex-dividend date 1 Dec 2026, Dividend Safety 91/100, raised 24 years in a row, 5-year growth 5.2% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.63%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.77%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.93
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
91 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.63% → 2.17%
Forward
2.77% → 2.28%

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: 2.17%

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

Ex-dividend date
01 Dec 2026
Payment date
15 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.5083
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+5.2%
Years of dividend growth
24
Years without a cut
24
Payout ratio (earnings)
50%

Annual total matches 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.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.308, 2017 $1.26, 2018 $1.32, 2019 $1.38, 2020 $1.45, 2021 $1.52, 2022 $1.59, 2023 $1.67, 2024 $1.76, 2025 $1.852016: $0.3082017: $1.262018: $1.322019: $1.382020: $1.452021: $1.522022: $1.592023: $1.672024: $1.762025: $1.85

Payment history

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

Status
01 Dec 202615 Dec 2026$0.5083RegularAnnounced1
01 Sep 2026—$0.508RegularSingle source1
01 Jun 2026—$0.475RegularSingle source1
27 Feb 2026—$0.475RegularSingle 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.

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