Leidos dividend history

Leidos's dividend was $1.63 a share in fiscal 2025, up 5.8% on the year before. That was 14.6% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2019.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1.1B
Dividends (TTM): $217M
Returned to shareholders: 65%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $1.5B
Diluted share count: −3.4%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 7.7%; dividends 1.3% + buybacks 6.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 15%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 5.8%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 58 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Leidos: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Jan 2009	2010Jan 2010	2011Jan 2011	2012Jan 2012	2013Jan 2013	2014Jan 2015	2015Jan 2016	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Jan 2020	2020Jan 2021	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Jan 2025	2025Jan 2026	LTMOct 2026
Dividend per share	—	—	—	—	$1.92	—	—	—	—	—	$1.32	$1.36	$1.40	$1.44	$1.46	$1.54	$1.63	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+3.0%	+2.9%	+2.9%	+1.4%	+5.5%	+5.8%	—
Dividends paid	—	—	—	0	165	0	0	993	0	0	198	196	199	199	201	208	211	217
Share buybacks	445	474	601	471	22	213	118	0	0	167	25	67	237	0	225	850	400	1,066
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	0.0%	31.4%	—	0.0%	407.0%	0.0%	0.0%	29.7%	31.2%	26.4%	29.1%	101.0%	16.6%	14.6%	15.3%

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 30, 2026 Leidos Holdings, Inc. Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend by 4.7% Source

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Figures from Leidos'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 Leidos.