Cenovus Energy Inc. dividend history

Cenovus Energy Inc. paid $1.03bn in dividends in fiscal 2025. That was 36.6% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1.4B
Dividends (TTM): $1B
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $3.3B
Diluted share count: −2.3%; year over year
Dividend payout ratio: 37%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 26 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Cenovus Energy Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Dividends paid	413	125	173	189	196	57	—	—	760	1,133	1,029
Share buybacks	—	—	—	—	0	0	211	1,946	786	1,055	1,428
Dividends ÷ net income	85.4%	—	6.7%	—	11.9%	—	—	—	25.0%	49.4%	36.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	—	14.6%	29.4%	12.0%	—	—	—	13.9%	16.8%	17.5%

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 Cenovus Energy Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cenovus Energy Inc.