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Avery Dennison dividend history

Avery Dennison's dividend was $3.70 a share in fiscal 2025, up 7.2% on the year before. That was 41.9% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2010.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$411M
Dividends (TTM)
$294M
Returned to shareholders
66%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$957M
Diluted share count
−3.0%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
5.0%
dividends 2.1% + buybacks 2.9% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
42%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
16.1%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
71 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Fiscal year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Jan 20222022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share$1.22$0.800$1.00$1.08$1.14$1.34$1.46$1.60$1.76$2.01$2.26$2.36$2.66$2.93$3.18$3.45$3.70—
Dividend per share growth—−34.4%+25.0%+8.0%+5.6%+17.5%+9.0%+9.6%+10.0%+14.2%+12.4%+4.4%+12.7%+10.2%+8.5%+8.5%+7.2%—
Dividends paid13589107110112125133143156175190197221239257278288294
Share buybacks—10914235284356232262130393238104181380138248572411
Dividends ÷ net income—28.0%56.0%51.3%52.5%51.0%48.5%44.4%55.2%37.4%62.5%35.4%29.8%31.6%51.0%39.4%41.9%41.7%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow27.0%22.0%34.0%26.7%58.8%60.4%39.4%35.2%34.2%75.7%36.0%35.8%27.9%35.0%45.8%38.0%40.5%27.7%

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

  • Avery Dennison Declares Quarterly Dividend Source

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Figures from Avery Dennison'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 Avery Dennison.