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JNJ Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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JNJJohnson & Johnson
Healthcare / Drug Manufacturers - General
Low Priority
In Line With Peers
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- Momentum48
- Value39
- Quality71
- Risk resilience48
- Sentiment58
JNJ Dividend answer
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.08%, or $5.36 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.05%, from $5.28 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.34 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 24, 2026. Payment date: Dec 8, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $1.34 per share.
JNJ Dividend Snapshot
Dividend growth, consistency, payout ratio, FCF coverage, and long history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next JNJ Dividend Date
When JNJ next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next JNJ dividend
JNJ's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest JNJ Dividend Dates
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JNJ Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
JNJ Annual Dividend History
JNJ Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.34, event yield 1.93%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 5.25%
- Cohort rank
- #240
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Healthcare rank
- #22
- 2020 regular DPS
- $3.980
- 2025 regular DPS
- $5.140
- Absolute change
- $1.160
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
JNJ's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 5.25% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #240 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
JNJ Dividend Yield
How JNJ's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
JNJ's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent JNJ dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.34 | 1.93% | Quarterly | $5.28 | Jul 15, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | $1.34 | $1.34 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $5.24 | Apr 14, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 2.11% | Quarterly | $5.20 | Jan 2, 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 2.49% | Quarterly | $5.14 | Oct 14, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 2.88% | Quarterly | $5.08 | Jul 16, 2025 | Aug 26, 2025 | Sep 9, 2025 |
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| May 27, 2025 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 3.28% | Quarterly | $5.02 | Apr 15, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.24 | $1.24 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $4.96 | Jan 2, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | $1.24 | $1.24 | 3.18% | Quarterly | $4.91 | Oct 15, 2024 | Nov 26, 2024 | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Aug 27, 2024 | $1.24 | $1.24 | 2.98% | Quarterly | $4.86 | Jul 17, 2024 | Aug 27, 2024 | Sep 10, 2024 |
| May 20, 2024 | $1.24 | $1.24 | 3.18% | Quarterly | $4.81 | Apr 16, 2024 | May 21, 2024 | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Feb 16, 2024 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 3.04% | Quarterly | $4.76 | Jan 2, 2024 | Feb 20, 2024 | Mar 5, 2024 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 3.14% | Quarterly | $4.70 | Oct 19, 2023 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Aug 25, 2023 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 2.79% | Quarterly | $4.64 | Jul 20, 2023 | Aug 28, 2023 | Sep 7, 2023 |
| May 22, 2023 | $1.19 | $1.19 | 2.92% | Quarterly | $4.58 | Apr 18, 2023 | May 23, 2023 | Jun 6, 2023 |
| Feb 17, 2023 | $1.13 | $1.13 | 2.82% | Quarterly | $4.52 | Jan 3, 2023 | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 7, 2023 |
| Nov 21, 2022 | $1.13 | $1.13 | 2.53% | Quarterly | $4.45 | Oct 19, 2022 | Nov 22, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 |
| Aug 22, 2022 | $1.13 | $1.13 | 2.61% | Quarterly | $4.38 | Jul 18, 2022 | Aug 23, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| May 23, 2022 | $1.13 | $1.13 | 2.40% | Quarterly | $4.31 | Apr 19, 2022 | May 24, 2022 | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Feb 18, 2022 | $1.06 | $1.06 | 2.60% | Quarterly | $4.24 | Jan 4, 2022 | Feb 22, 2022 | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Nov 22, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | 2.62% | Quarterly | $4.19 | Oct 21, 2021 | Nov 23, 2021 | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Aug 23, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $4.14 | Jul 19, 2021 | Aug 24, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 |
| May 24, 2021 | $1.06 | $1.06 | 2.40% | Quarterly | $4.09 | Apr 20, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Feb 22, 2021 | $1.01 | $1.01 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $4.04 | Jan 4, 2021 | Feb 23, 2021 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Nov 23, 2020 | $1.01 | $1.01 | 2.77% | Quarterly | $3.98 | Oct 22, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Aug 24, 2020 | $1.01 | $1.01 | 2.58% | Quarterly | $3.92 | Jul 20, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 | Sep 8, 2020 |
| May 22, 2020 | $1.01 | $1.01 | 2.67% | Quarterly | $3.86 | Apr 14, 2020 | May 26, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Feb 24, 2020 | $0.95 | $0.95 | 2.60% | Quarterly | $3.80 | Jan 2, 2020 | Feb 25, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 |
| Nov 25, 2019 | $0.95 | $0.95 | 2.73% | Quarterly | $3.75 | Oct 17, 2019 | Nov 26, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Aug 26, 2019 | $0.95 | $0.95 | 2.90% | Quarterly | $3.70 | Jul 15, 2019 | Aug 27, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 |
| May 24, 2019 | $0.95 | $0.95 | 2.63% | Quarterly | $3.65 | Apr 25, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Feb 25, 2019 | $0.90 | $0.90 | 2.64% | Quarterly | $3.60 | Jan 2, 2019 | Feb 26, 2019 | Mar 12, 2019 |
| Nov 26, 2018 | $0.90 | $0.90 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $3.54 | Oct 18, 2018 | Nov 27, 2018 | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Aug 27, 2018 | $0.90 | $0.90 | 2.58% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Jul 16, 2018 | Aug 28, 2018 | Sep 11, 2018 |
| May 25, 2018 | $0.90 | $0.90 | 2.82% | Quarterly | $3.42 | Apr 26, 2018 | May 29, 2018 | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Feb 26, 2018 | $0.84 | $0.84 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $3.36 | Jan 2, 2018 | Feb 27, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Nov 27, 2017 | $0.84 | $0.84 | 2.40% | Quarterly | $3.32 | Oct 19, 2017 | Nov 28, 2017 | Dec 12, 2017 |
| Aug 25, 2017 | $0.84 | $0.84 | 2.49% | Quarterly | — | Jul 17, 2017 | Aug 29, 2017 | Sep 12, 2017 |
| May 25, 2017 | $0.84 | $0.84 | 2.54% | Quarterly | — | Apr 27, 2017 | May 30, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.61% | Quarterly | — | Jan 3, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.73% | Quarterly | — | Oct 21, 2016 | Nov 22, 2016 | Dec 6, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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JNJ Dividends FAQ
Does JNJ pay a dividend?
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.34 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is JNJ's dividend yield?
JNJ's trailing dividend yield is 2.05%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is JNJ's next dividend?
JNJ's next announced dividend is $1.34 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 24, 2026 and payment date of Dec 8, 2026.
When is JNJ's ex-dividend date?
JNJ's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 24, 2026.
How has JNJ's dividend changed?
JNJ's one-year dividend growth is 3.94% based on comparable covered dividend history.