Eastern Bankshares, Inc. dividend history

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s dividend was $0.510 a share in fiscal 2025, up 13.3% on the year before. That was 119.8% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2022, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $202M
Dividends (TTM): $117M
Returned to shareholders: 83%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $134M
Diluted share count: +7.1%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 6.1%; dividends 2.2% + buybacks 3.8% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 31%; of net income paid out

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	$0.400	$0.410	$0.450	$0.510	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	+2.5%	+9.8%	+13.3%	—
Dividends paid	—	0	0	52	66	67	83	106	117
Share buybacks	—	0	0	23	202	0	28	107	202
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	33.0%	28.7%	69.0%	119.8%	31.2%

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 Eastern Bankshares, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Eastern Bankshares, Inc.