Dividends

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StockNYSEAmerika Birleşik DevletleriHealth careEU retail: availableOwner holds
8/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
%2,31
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
%2,31
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$3,40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
65 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
%2,31 → %1,90
Forward
%2,31 → %1,90

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (Amerika Birleşik Devletleri)
%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: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri (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: %1,90

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

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+%6,0
Years of dividend growth
25
Years without a cut
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
%270
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
%52

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 $0,4485, 2017 $1,80, 2018 $1,90, 2019 $2,16, 2020 $2,37, 2021 $2,61, 2022 $2,80, 2023 $2,96, 2024 $3,12, 2025 $3,282016: $0,44852017: $1,802018: $1,902019: $2,162020: $2,372021: $2,612022: $2,802023: $2,962024: $3,122025: $3,28

Payment history

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

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
15 Eyl 202608 Eki 2026$0,85RegularVerified3
15 Haz 202609 Tem 2026$0,85RegularVerified3
16 Mar 202608 Nis 2026$0,85RegularVerified3
15 Ara 202512 Oca 2026$0,85RegularVerified3

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, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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