Dividends

AMATApplied Materials

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+11.4% today · +62.0% 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

Quality, Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 31.7). Dividend yield 0.66%.

Applied Materials (AMAT) dividends: trailing yield 0.66%, next ex-dividend date 19 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 96/100, not lowered for 21 years, 5-year growth 21.5% 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.
0.66%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
0.57%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.44
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.
96 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
0.66% → 0.54%
Forward
0.57% → 0.47%

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: 0.54%

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
19 Nov 2026
Payment date
10 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.53
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+21.5%
Years without a lower dividend
21
Years without a cut of over 10 %
21
Payout ratio (earnings)
21%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
27%

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 $0.10, 2017 $0.40, 2018 $0.70, 2019 $0.83, 2020 $0.87, 2021 $0.94, 2022 $1.02, 2023 $1.22, 2024 $1.52, 2025 $2.242016: $0.102017: $0.402018: $0.702019: $0.832020: $0.872021: $0.942022: $1.022023: $1.222024: $1.522025: $2.24

Payment history

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

Status
19 Nov 202610 Dec 2026$0.53RegularAnnounced1
20 Aug 202611 Sep 2026$0.53RegularVerified3
21 May 202615 Jun 2026$0.53RegularVerified3
19 Feb 202616 Mar 2026$0.46RegularVerified3

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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