Seagate Technology dividend history

Seagate Technology's dividend was $2.94 a share in fiscal 2026, up 2.8% on the year before. That was 19.9% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2024.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q1 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $547M
Dividends (TTM): $649M
Returned to shareholders: 29%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $176M
Diluted share count: +5.0%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 0.9%; dividends 0.5% + buybacks 0.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 15%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 5.6%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 4.3%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 48 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Seagate Technology: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2010Jul 2010	2011Jul 2011	2012Jun 2012	2013Jun 2013	2014Jun 2014	2015Jul 2015	2016Jul 2016	2017Jun 2017	2018Jun 2018	2019Jun 2019	2020Jul 2020	2021Jul 2021	2022Jul 2022	2023Jun 2023	2024Jun 2024	2025Jun 2025	2026Jul 2026	LTMOct 2026
Dividend per share	—	$0.180	$0.860	$1.40	$1.67	$2.05	$2.43	$2.52	$2.52	$2.52	$2.58	$2.66	$2.77	$2.80	$2.80	$2.86	$2.94	—
Dividend per share growth	—	—	+377.8%	+62.8%	+19.3%	+22.8%	+18.5%	+3.7%	0.0%	0.0%	+2.4%	+3.1%	+4.1%	+1.1%	0.0%	+2.1%	+2.8%	—
Dividends paid	0	74	372	518	557	664	727	561	726	713	673	649	610	582	585	600	634	649
Share buybacks	584	822	2,426	1,654	1,912	1,087	1,090	460	361	963	850	2,047	1,799	408	0	0	176	547
Dividends ÷ net income	0.0%	14.5%	13.0%	28.2%	35.5%	38.1%	293.1%	72.7%	61.4%	35.4%	67.0%	49.4%	37.0%	—	174.6%	40.8%	19.9%	14.8%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	0.0%	17.6%	14.2%	22.9%	27.9%	34.9%	66.5%	37.9%	41.6%	61.5%	59.6%	57.5%	47.8%	93.0%	88.1%	73.3%	20.4%	15.6%

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.

Compare with peers

Head to head: STX vs WDC STX vs XRX

More: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals stocks compared, Technology sector, rankings of US companies

Figures from Seagate Technology'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 Seagate Technology.