Eastern Co dividend history

Eastern Co's dividend was $0.440 a share in fiscal 2025, up 0.0% on the year before. That was 37.6% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $4.1M
Dividends (TTM): $2.7M
Returned to shareholders: 55%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $7.5M
Diluted share count: −1.6%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 4.0%; dividends 1.6% + buybacks 2.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 34%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 1.7%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 16.8%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 43 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Eastern Co: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2010	2010Jan 2011	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Jan 2015	2015Jan 2016	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Jan 2021	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Jan 2026
Dividend per share	—	$0.520	$0.360	$0.500	$0.420	$0.480	$0.450	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440	$0.440
Dividend per share growth	—	—	−30.8%	+38.9%	−16.0%	+14.3%	−6.3%	−2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dividends paid	2,155	3,182	2,224	3,109	2,613	2,987	2,811	2,751	2,755	2,756	2,744	2,755	2,756	2,739	2,766	2,730	2,681
Share buybacks	—	730	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	1,063	0	369	370	1,637	736	3,058	3,729
Dividends ÷ net income	207.9%	57.4%	40.4%	36.0%	37.9%	39.0%	49.1%	35.3%	54.6%	19.0%	20.7%	51.0%	29.5%	22.3%	32.2%	—	37.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	19.4%	66.7%	—	33.0%	45.1%	52.3%	42.6%	28.8%	32.7%	29.7%	15.7%	22.5%	—	66.9%	13.8%	28.2%	54.8%

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.

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Figures from Eastern Co'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 Eastern Co.