Agilent Technologies dividend history

Agilent Technologies's dividend was $0.992 a share in fiscal 2025, up 5.1% on the year before. That was 21.6% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2015.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $380M
Dividends (TTM): $286M
Returned to shareholders: 53%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $2.1B
Diluted share count: −0.9%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 1.4%; dividends 0.6% + buybacks 0.8% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 20%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 6.6%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 25.0%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 73 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Agilent Technologies: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Oct 2009	2010Oct 2010	2011Oct 2011	2012Oct 2012	2013Oct 2013	2014Oct 2014	2015Oct 2015	2016Oct 2016	2017Oct 2017	2018Oct 2018	2019Oct 2019	2020Oct 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Oct 2024	2025Oct 2025	LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	$0.300	$0.460	$0.528	$0.400	$0.460	$0.528	$0.596	$0.656	$0.720	$0.776	$0.840	$0.900	$0.944	$0.992	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	+53.3%	+14.8%	−24.2%	+15.0%	+14.8%	+12.9%	+10.1%	+9.8%	+7.8%	+8.2%	+7.1%	+4.9%	+5.1%	—
Dividends paid	—	0	0	104	156	176	133	150	170	191	206	222	236	250	265	274	282	286
Share buybacks	157	411	497	172	900	200	267	434	194	422	723	469	788	1,139	575	1,150	425	380
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	9.0%	21.3%	32.1%	33.2%	32.5%	24.9%	60.4%	19.2%	30.9%	19.5%	19.9%	21.4%	21.3%	21.6%	19.9%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	0.0%	0.0%	10.1%	16.3%	33.5%	32.1%	22.9%	23.8%	21.0%	23.8%	27.7%	18.2%	24.5%	18.0%	20.0%	24.5%	22.6%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

Recent dividend announcements

September 16, 2026 CORRECTING and REPLACING Agilent Announces Cash Dividend of 25.5 Cents per Share Source
September 16, 2026 Agilent Announces Cash Dividend of 25.5 Cents per Share Source

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Figures from Agilent Technologies's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Agilent Technologies.