RYRoyal Bank of Canada
+1.5% today · +43.1% over a year
10/10 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 92% of the instruments we score
Trend, Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.39%.
Royal Bank of Canada (RY) dividends: trailing yield 2.39%, Dividend Safety 79/100, not lowered for 9 years, 5-year growth 7.2% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
We do not estimate tax on distributions from Canada yet.
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Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +7.2%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 9
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 9
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 33%
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 24 Nov 2026 | $1.26 | Regular | Verified | 2 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 24 Aug 2026 | $1.25 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | 22 May 2026 | $1.20 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 24 Feb 2026 | $1.17 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against up to 3 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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