Apple dividend yield AAPL
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1987.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 0.30%
- 10-year median
- 0.6%
- Against its 10-year history
- 0th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 0.3% to 2.1%
- Peer median
- 0.5%
Apple pays 0.30% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 0.6%, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.3% in Oct 2026 to 2.1% in Nov 2016.
The median for 5 technology stocks of a similar size is 0.5%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 1.0% | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| 2011 | n/m a yield above 25% (usually a special dividend or a bad record) | ||
| 2010 | n/m a yield above 25% (usually a special dividend or a bad record) | ||
| 2009 | n/m a yield above 25% (usually a special dividend or a bad record) | ||
| 2008 | n/m a yield above 25% (usually a special dividend or a bad record) | ||
| 2007 | n/m a yield above 25% (usually a special dividend or a bad record) | ||
Against its peers
Companies in Technology nearest Apple's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| AAPLApple | 0.30% |
| NVDANVIDIA | 0.25% |
| MSFTMicrosoft | 0.69% |
| AVGOBroadcom | 0.81% |
| MUMicron Technology | 0.06% |
| AMDAdvanced Micro Devices | n/m |
| Peer median | 0.47% |
Where Apple ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.