Sirius XM Holdings Inc. dividend history

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. paid $365m in dividends in fiscal 2025. That was 45.3% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $106M
Dividends (TTM): $364M
Returned to shareholders: 30%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $416M
Diluted share count: +5.2%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 4.7%; dividends 3.6% + buybacks 1.1% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 40%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 3.0%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 27 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.: 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
Dividends paid	—	0	0	327	0	0	0	48	190	201	226	237	268	249	65	143	365	364
Share buybacks	—	—	0	0	1,762	2,497	2,018	1,674	1,409	1,314	2,159	1,555	1,523	647	274	6	136	106
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.4%	29.3%	17.1%	24.7%	180.9%	20.4%	27.4%	8.3%	—	45.3%	40.4%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	0.0%	0.0%	46.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.2%	12.1%	13.2%	13.7%	14.2%	16.6%	16.0%	5.5%	14.1%	29.3%	23.0%

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 21, 2026 SiriusXM Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend Source

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Figures from Sirius XM Holdings Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sirius XM Holdings Inc.