Dividends

RYRoyal Bank of Canada

StockNYSECanadaFinancialsEU retail: available
10/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
1,26%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2,58%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$ 2,45
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
71 / 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)
−6,3%
Years of dividend growth
0
Years without a cut
0
Payout ratio (earnings)
17%

Sources disagreeDividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.

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 $ 0,623, 2017 $ 1,97, 2018 $ 2,93, 2019 $ 3,07, 2020 $ 3,19, 2021 $ 3,44, 2022 $ 3,83, 2023 $ 3,97, 2024 $ 4,09, 2025 $ 3,232016: $ 0,6232017: $ 1,972018: $ 2,932019: $ 3,072020: $ 3,192021: $ 3,442022: $ 3,832023: $ 3,972024: $ 4,092025: $ 3,23

Payment history

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

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
27 jul 2026—$ 1,25RegularSingle source2
23 apr 2026—$ 1,20RegularSingle source2
24 jul 2025—$ 1,13RegularSingle source2
24 apr 2025—$ 1,07RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 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, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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