Encompass Health Corp dividend history

Encompass Health Corp's dividend was $0.720 a share in fiscal 2025, up 12.5% on the year before. That was 12.6% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2023.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $280M
Dividends (TTM): $76.9M
Returned to shareholders: 78%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $189M
Diluted share count: −1.7%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 2.6%; dividends 0.6% + buybacks 2.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 12%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 38 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Encompass Health Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share	$0.940	$0.980	$1.04	$1.10	$1.12	$1.12	$0.860	$0.600	$0.640	$0.720	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+4.3%	+6.1%	+5.8%	+1.8%	0.0%	−23.2%	−30.2%	+6.7%	+12.5%	—
Dividends paid	84	92	101	109	112	112	99	60	63	71	77
Share buybacks	66	38	0	46	6	0	0	0	31	158	280
Dividends ÷ net income	33.8%	33.8%	34.5%	30.3%	39.3%	27.2%	36.5%	17.2%	13.8%	12.6%	11.9%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	18.1%	21.2%	19.8%	41.3%	35.8%	58.7%	70.2%	22.6%	17.4%	16.2%	16.8%

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

October 22, 2026 Encompass Health declares dividend on common stock Source

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Figures from Encompass Health Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 3, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Encompass Health Corp.