Dividends

MCKMcKesson

StockNYSEUnited StatesHealth careEU retail investors: available

−0.1% today · +24.8% 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 72% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 0.32%.

McKesson (MCK) dividends: trailing yield 0.32%, next ex-dividend date 1 Dec 2026, Dividend Safety 39/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 14.5% 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.
0.32%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
0.35%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$3.40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
39 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
0.32% → 0.26%
Forward
0.35% → 0.29%

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: 0.26%

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
04 Jan 2027
Amount per share
$0.94
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+14.5%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
9%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
6%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

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

Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary →Dividend 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 $0.28, 2017 $1.24, 2018 $1.46, 2019 $1.60, 2020 $1.66, 2021 $1.78, 2022 $2.02, 2023 $2.32, 2024 $2.66, 2025 $3.062016: $0.282017: $1.242018: $1.462019: $1.602020: $1.662021: $1.782022: $2.022023: $2.322024: $2.662025: $3.06

Payment history

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

Status
01 Dec 202604 Jan 2027$0.94RegularAnnounced1
01 Sep 202602 Oct 2026$0.94RegularVerified2
01 Jun 202602 Jul 2026$0.82RegularVerified2
02 Mar 202603 Apr 2026$0.82RegularVerified2

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, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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