Hello Group Inc. dividend history

Hello Group Inc. paid $49.5m in dividends in fiscal 2025. That was 43.1% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $107M
Dividends (TTM): $49.5M
Returned to shareholders: 159%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $301M
Diluted share count: −9.4%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 20.9%; dividends 6.6% + buybacks 14.3% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 43%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 7.5%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 9 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Hello Group Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	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
Dividends paid	—	—	—	—	—	—	126	172	134	122	135	98	50
Share buybacks	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	51	135	57	30	164	107
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	29.5%	53.4%	—	56.7%	48.9%	68.9%	43.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.7%	38.0%	58.3%	73.4%	56.3%	52.9%	50.1%

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 Hello Group Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q). How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hello Group Inc.