Applied Materials dividend history

Applied Materials's dividend was $1.78 a share in fiscal 2025, up 17.1% on the year before. That was 19.8% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2018, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $2B
Dividends (TTM): $1.5B
Returned to shareholders: 63%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $10.9B
Diluted share count: −2.0%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 1.2%; dividends 0.5% + buybacks 0.7% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 16%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 12.9%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 5.4%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 91 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Applied Materials: 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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	$0.700	$0.830	$0.870	$0.940	$1.02	$1.22	$1.52	$1.78	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+18.6%	+4.8%	+8.0%	+8.5%	+19.6%	+24.6%	+17.1%	—
Dividends paid	319	349	397	434	456	485	487	444	430	605	771	787	838	873	975	1,192	1,384	1,515
Share buybacks	23	350	468	1,416	245	0	1,325	1,892	1,172	5,283	2,403	649	3,750	6,103	2,189	3,823	4,895	2,028
Dividends ÷ net income	—	37.2%	20.6%	398.2%	178.1%	45.2%	35.4%	25.8%	12.2%	19.9%	28.5%	21.7%	14.2%	13.4%	14.2%	16.6%	19.8%	16.3%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	379.8%	22.5%	17.9%	25.7%	107.0%	31.1%	51.4%	19.2%	12.5%	19.1%	27.5%	23.3%	17.6%	18.9%	12.8%	15.9%	24.3%	26.9%

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.

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Figures from Applied Materials'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 Applied Materials.