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Apple Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.12 (As of Dec. 2020)
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Apple's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Dec. 2020 was 0.12.

NAS:AAPL' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.25   Max: 0.29
Current: 0.22
0.06
0.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Apple was 0.29. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.25.

NAS:AAPL's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked higher than
77% of the 1055 Companies
in the Hardware industry.

( Industry Median: 0.38 vs. NAS:AAPL: 0.22 )

As of today (2021-04-16), the Dividend Yield % of Apple is 0.61%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Apple was 2.77%. The lowest was 0.38%. And the median was 1.55%.

Apple's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2020 was $0.21.

During the past 12 months, Apple's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Apple was 73.60% per year. The lowest was -100.00% per year. And the median was 9.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Apple Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Apple Annual Data
Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20
Dividend Payout Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.26 0.26 0.23 0.25 0.24

Apple Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
Dividend Payout Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.15 0.30 0.32 0.28 0.12
Competitive Comparison
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap.

Apple Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Apple's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.


Apple Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Apple's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (A: Sep. 2020 )/ EPS without NRI (A: Sep. 2020 )
=0.795/ 3.28
=0.24

Apple's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2020 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2020 )
=0.205/ 1.68
=0.12

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Apple (NAS:AAPL) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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