Dividends

MDTMedtronic

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+1.0% today · +15.2% 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 88% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.78%.

Medtronic (MDT) dividends: trailing yield 2.78%, Dividend Safety 70/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 3.4% 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.
2.78%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.80%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.86
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.
70 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.78% → 2.15%
Forward
2.80% → 2.17%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (Ireland)
20.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
77.35%
  • Source country assumed: Ireland (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • Other EU countries withhold 15–26.375 % by law; we model 20 %. Treaty relief is often only by reclaim.
  • 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: 2.15%

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

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+3.4%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
70%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
60%

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 $0.43, 2017 $1.81, 2018 $1.96, 2019 $2.12, 2020 $2.28, 2021 $2.47, 2022 $2.67, 2023 $2.75, 2024 $2.79, 2025 $2.832016: $0.432017: $1.812018: $1.962019: $2.122020: $2.282021: $2.472022: $2.672023: $2.752024: $2.792025: $2.83

Payment history

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

Status
25 Sep 202623 Oct 2026$0.72RegularVerified3
26 Jun 202620 Jul 2026$0.72RegularVerified3
27 Mar 202622 Apr 2026$0.71RegularVerified3
26 Dec 202519 Jan 2026$0.71RegularVerified3

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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