Dividends

JNJJohnson & Johnson

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+2.1% today · +54.6% over a year

8/10 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 86% of the instruments we score

Trend, Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 1.87%.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) dividends: trailing yield 1.87%, next ex-dividend date 24 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 74/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 5.0% 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.
1.87%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.90%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$5.28
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.
74 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.87% → 1.54%
Forward
1.90% → 1.56%

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: 1.54%

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
24 Nov 2026
Payment date
08 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$1.34
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+5.0%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
80%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
62%

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 $0.80, 2017 $3.32, 2018 $3.54, 2019 $3.75, 2020 $3.98, 2021 $4.19, 2022 $4.45, 2023 $4.70, 2024 $4.91, 2025 $5.142016: $0.802017: $3.322018: $3.542019: $3.752020: $3.982021: $4.192022: $4.452023: $4.702024: $4.912025: $5.14

Payment history

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

Status
24 Nov 202608 Dec 2026$1.34RegularAnnounced1
25 Aug 202609 Sep 2026$1.34RegularVerified3
26 May 202610 Jun 2026$1.34RegularVerified3
24 Feb 202611 Mar 2026$1.30RegularVerified3

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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