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M Dividend History, Yield & Dates

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Consumer CyclicalDepartment StoresScore data as of Oct 30, 2026

MMacy's, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical / Department Stores

Relative Leader / Watch

Strong Relative Position

NeutralEdge 9/10
$24.11−$0.61 (−2.47%)

Latest quote

  • Momentum
    77
  • Value
    70
  • Quality
    45
  • Risk resilience
    49
  • Sentiment
    —
algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 30, 2026

M Dividend answer

Macy's, Inc. (M) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 3.18%, or $0.766 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 3.14%, from $0.7569 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.1915 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Dec 15, 2026. Payment date: Jan 4, 2027. Next dividend status: announced at $0.1915 per share.

M Dividend Snapshot

Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

History
43
dividends captured
Growth years
4
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
65/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
1.54%
0.76% buyback yield

Next M Dividend Date

When M next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next M dividend

$0.1915 per share

M's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.

Ex-date
Dec 15, 2026
announced
Pay date
Jan 4, 2027
Frequency
quarterly

Latest M Dividend Dates

Sep 15, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
3.14%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
3.14%
TTM dividends / latest available price
Forward dividend yield
3.18%
Latest dividend × 4 a year = $0.766 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$0.7569
4.99% vs prior complete year
Latest dividend
$0.1915
0.00% vs prior payment
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Dec 15, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Jan 4, 2027
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Announced: $0.1915
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
29.39%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
13.32%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
7.51x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality45/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value70/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience49/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

M 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

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
3.14%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing income rising
4.99% vs prior complete year
FCF coverage
Covered by FCF
7.51x
Payout ratio
29.39%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Dec 24
$0.1737
Mar 25
$0.1824
Jun 25
$0.1824
Sep 25
$0.1824
Dec 25
$0.1824
Mar 26
$0.1915
Jun 26
$0.1915
Sep 26
$0.1915

M Annual Dividend History

2016 - 2026
11 plotted years

M Dividend Growth

+4.99% 1Y
Latest increase +4.99%
Latest M Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Aug 28, 2026
Ex-date
Sep 15, 2026
Record
Sep 15, 2026
Paid
Oct 1, 2026

Latest row amount $0.1915, event yield 3.35%.

Event field coverage
Declaration36/36
Record36/36
Payment36/36
Frequency36/36
History depth
36 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 15, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 10, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
36/36 pay
36/36 record dates

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

M regular dividend growth, 2020–2025
5-year regular dividend CAGR
14.09%
2020 regular DPS
$0.378
2025 regular DPS
$0.730
Absolute change
$0.352
Years increased
4
Years reduced
1

M's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 14.09% a year from 2020 through 2025.

M reduced its regular dividend in at least one calendar year between 2020 and 2025.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

The regular dividend jumped 109.7% in 2022, a single step rather than steady compounding.

M Dividend Yield

How M's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

M'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.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
3.14%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$0.7569

Dividend coverage

What M's dividend is paid out of

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.

Payout ratio
29.39%
FCF coverage
7.51x

Recent M dividend payments

36 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 36 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 15, 2026$0.1915
$0.1915
3.35%Quarterly$0.7569Aug 28, 2026Sep 15, 2026Oct 1, 2026
Jun 15, 2026$0.1915
$0.1915
3.03%Quarterly$0.7478May 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026Jul 1, 2026
Mar 13, 2026$0.1915
$0.1915
4.33%Quarterly$0.7387Feb 27, 2026Mar 13, 2026Apr 1, 2026
Dec 15, 2025$0.1824
$0.1824
3.06%Quarterly$0.7296Oct 24, 2025Dec 15, 2025Jan 2, 2026
Sep 15, 2025$0.1824
$0.1824
4.13%Quarterly$0.7209Aug 22, 2025Sep 15, 2025Oct 1, 2025
Show older history+31 rows
Jun 13, 2025$0.1824
$0.1824
6.34%Quarterly$0.7122May 16, 2025Jun 13, 2025Jul 1, 2025
Mar 14, 2025$0.1824
$0.1824
5.38%Quarterly$0.7035Feb 28, 2025Mar 14, 2025Apr 1, 2025
Dec 13, 2024$0.1737
$0.1737
4.20%Quarterly$0.6948Oct 25, 2024Dec 13, 2024Jan 2, 2025
Sep 13, 2024$0.1737
$0.1737
4.58%Quarterly$0.6865Aug 23, 2024Sep 13, 2024Oct 1, 2024
Jun 14, 2024$0.1737
$0.1737
3.69%Quarterly$0.6782May 16, 2024Jun 14, 2024Jul 1, 2024
Mar 14, 2024$0.1737
$0.1737
3.12%Quarterly$0.6699Feb 23, 2024Mar 15, 2024Apr 1, 2024
Dec 14, 2023$0.1654
$0.1654
3.37%Quarterly$0.6616Oct 27, 2023Dec 15, 2023Jan 2, 2024
Sep 14, 2023$0.1654
$0.1654
5.75%Quarterly$0.6537Aug 25, 2023Sep 15, 2023Oct 2, 2023
Jun 14, 2023$0.1654
$0.1654
4.07%Quarterly$0.6458May 31, 2023Jun 15, 2023Jul 3, 2023
Mar 14, 2023$0.1654
$0.1654
3.41%Quarterly$0.6379Feb 24, 2023Mar 15, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Dec 14, 2022$0.1575
$0.1575
2.90%Quarterly$0.63Oct 28, 2022Dec 15, 2022Jan 3, 2023
Sep 14, 2022$0.1575
$0.1575
3.75%Quarterly$0.6225Aug 26, 2022Sep 15, 2022Oct 3, 2022
Jun 14, 2022$0.157
$0.1575
2.82%Quarterly$0.615May 26, 2022Jun 15, 2022Jul 1, 2022
Mar 14, 2022$0.157
$0.1575
1.92%Quarterly$0.4575Feb 22, 2022Mar 15, 2022Apr 1, 2022
Dec 14, 2021$0.15
$0.15
1.16%Quarterly$0.30Oct 22, 2021Dec 15, 2021Jan 3, 2022
Sep 14, 2021$0.15
$0.15
71.70%Annual$0.15Aug 18, 2021Sep 15, 2021Oct 1, 2021
Mar 12, 2020$0.3775
$0.3775
20.46%Annual$1.51Feb 28, 2020Mar 13, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Dec 12, 2019$0.3775
$0.3775
9.61%Quarterly$1.51Oct 25, 2019Dec 13, 2019Jan 2, 2020
Sep 12, 2019$0.3775
$0.3775
8.88%Quarterly$1.51Aug 23, 2019Sep 13, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Jun 13, 2019$0.3775
$0.3775
6.94%Quarterly$1.51May 17, 2019Jun 14, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Mar 14, 2019$0.3775
$0.3775
6.39%Quarterly$1.51Feb 22, 2019Mar 15, 2019Apr 1, 2019
Dec 13, 2018$0.3775
$0.3775
4.90%Quarterly$1.51Oct 26, 2018Dec 14, 2018Jan 2, 2019
Sep 13, 2018$0.3775
$0.3775
4.22%Quarterly$1.51Aug 24, 2018Sep 14, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Jun 14, 2018$0.3775
$0.3775
4.02%Quarterly$1.51May 18, 2018Jun 15, 2018Jul 2, 2018
Mar 14, 2018$0.3775
$0.3775
5.17%Quarterly$1.51Feb 23, 2018Mar 15, 2018Apr 2, 2018
Dec 14, 2017$0.3775
$0.3775
6.09%Quarterly$1.51Oct 27, 2017Dec 15, 2017Jan 2, 2018
Sep 14, 2017$0.3775
$0.3775
6.86%Quarterly$1.51Aug 25, 2017Sep 15, 2017Oct 2, 2017
Jun 13, 2017$0.3775
$0.3775
6.78%Quarterly—May 11, 2017Jun 15, 2017Jul 3, 2017
Mar 13, 2017$0.3775
$0.3775
4.89%Quarterly—Feb 27, 2017Mar 15, 2017Apr 3, 2017
Dec 13, 2016$0.3775
$0.3775
3.67%Quarterly—Oct 28, 2016Dec 15, 2016Jan 3, 2017
Sep 13, 2016$0.3775
$0.3775
4.25%Quarterly—Aug 26, 2016Sep 15, 2016Oct 3, 2016
Dividend context
How to read M's dividend profile

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.

Yield needs coverage

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.

Payment history matters

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.

Payout ratio is context

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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M Dividends FAQ

Does M pay a dividend?

Macy's, Inc. (M) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.19 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.

What is M's dividend yield?

M's trailing dividend yield is 3.14%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is M's next dividend?

M's next announced dividend is $0.19 per share with an ex-dividend date of Dec 15, 2026 and payment date of Jan 4, 2027.

When is M's ex-dividend date?

M's next announced ex-dividend date is Dec 15, 2026.

How has M's dividend changed?

M's one-year dividend growth is 4.99% based on comparable covered dividend history.