Dividends

BMOBank of Montreal

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+1.7% today · +44.0% over a year

9/10 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 82% of the instruments we score

Trend, Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.79%.

Bank of Montreal (BMO) dividends: trailing yield 2.79%, Dividend Safety 67/100, not lowered for 8 years, 5-year growth 7.4% 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.
2.79%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.81%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$4.86
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.
67 / 100
Safe

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)
+7.4%
Years without a lower dividend
8
Years without a cut of over 10 %
8
Payout ratio (earnings)
41%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
93%

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 $2.73, 2018 $2.21, 2019 $3.07, 2020 $3.15, 2021 $3.40, 2022 $4.19, 2023 $4.32, 2024 $4.48, 2025 $4.602017: $2.732018: $2.212019: $3.072020: $3.152021: $3.402022: $4.192023: $4.322024: $4.482025: $4.60

Payment history

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

Status
30 Oct 202626 Nov 2026$1.22RegularVerified2
30 Jul 202626 Aug 2026$1.22RegularVerified3
29 Apr 202626 May 2026$1.22RegularVerified3
30 Jan 202626 Feb 2026$1.20RegularSingle source1

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.

Similar dividend payers

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A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut. Dividend calculator →