Genuine Parts Company dividend history

Genuine Parts Company's dividend was $4.12 a share in fiscal 2025, up 3.0% on the year before. That was 855.0% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2009, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $0
Dividends (TTM): $578M
Returned to shareholders: 134%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $411M
Diluted share count: −0.6%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 3.4%; dividends 3.4% + buybacks 0.0% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 1861%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 29.9%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Genuine Parts Company: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	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	$1.60	$1.64	$1.80	$1.98	$2.15	$2.30	$2.46	$2.63	$2.70	$2.88	$3.05	$3.16	$3.26	$3.58	$3.80	$4.00	$4.12	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+2.5%	+9.8%	+10.0%	+8.6%	+7.0%	+7.0%	+6.9%	+2.7%	+6.7%	+5.9%	+3.6%	+3.2%	+9.8%	+6.1%	+5.3%	+3.0%	—
Dividends paid	254	258	276	301	326	347	368	387	395	416	439	453	466	496	527	555	564	578
Share buybacks	26	75	122	82	121	96	292	181	174	92	74	96	334	223	261	150	0	—
Dividends ÷ net income	63.5%	54.2%	48.9%	46.4%	47.6%	48.8%	52.2%	56.3%	64.1%	51.3%	70.7%	—	51.8%	41.9%	40.0%	61.4%	855.0%	>999%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	32.7%	43.5%	53.0%	37.4%	35.0%	50.9%	35.1%	49.3%	60.1%	45.3%	71.5%	24.4%	46.9%	44.0%	57.1%	81.1%	134.0%	75.7%

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.

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Figures from Genuine Parts Company's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 21, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Genuine Parts Company.