Dividends
STE Dividend History, Yield & Dates
Dividend Yield · Dividend History · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Date
STESTERIS plc
Healthcare / Medical - Specialties
Relative Leader / Watch
Strong Relative Position
Latest quote
- Momentum83
- Value48
- Quality57
- Risk resilience71
- Sentiment63
STE Dividend answer
STERIS plc (STE) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 1.22%, or $2.76 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 1.14%, from $2.58 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.69 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 17, 2026. Payment date: Dec 17, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.69 per share.
STE 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.
Next STE Dividend Date
When STE next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next STE dividend
STE's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest STE Dividend Dates
Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.
AIQ Dividend bridge
Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.
Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.
Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.
STE 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.
STE Annual Dividend History
STE Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.69, event yield 1.14%.
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
- 9.28%
- Cohort rank
- #117
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Healthcare rank
- #12
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.540
- 2025 regular DPS
- $2.400
- Absolute change
- $0.860
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
STE's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 9.28% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #117 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.
STE Dividend Yield
How STE's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
STE'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 STE dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.69 | $0.69 | 1.14% | Quarterly | $2.58 | Jul 30, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 1.20% | Quarterly | $2.52 | May 5, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 1.00% | Quarterly | $2.46 | Jan 28, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 93.39% | Quarterly | $2.40 | Oct 29, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 96.14% | Quarterly | $2.34 | Jul 30, 2025 | Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 |
Show older history+35 rows
| Jun 10, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 94.07% | Quarterly | $2.28 | May 7, 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $2.23 | Jan 28, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $2.18 | Oct 30, 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Sep 5, 2024 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 89.10% | Quarterly | $2.13 | Jul 31, 2024 | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 92.10% | Quarterly | $2.08 | May 1, 2024 | Jun 12, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 |
| Feb 22, 2024 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 86.01% | Quarterly | $2.03 | Jan 30, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 99.10% | Quarterly | $1.98 | Oct 31, 2023 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | $0.52 | $0.52 | 86.30% | Quarterly | $1.93 | Jul 26, 2023 | Sep 6, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| Jun 13, 2023 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 90.56% | Quarterly | $1.88 | May 3, 2023 | Jun 14, 2023 | Jun 28, 2023 |
| Feb 23, 2023 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 97.95% | Quarterly | $1.84 | Feb 1, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 | Mar 23, 2023 |
| Nov 21, 2022 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Nov 2, 2022 | Nov 22, 2022 | Dec 16, 2022 |
| Sep 6, 2022 | $0.47 | $0.47 | 89.16% | Quarterly | $1.76 | Jul 28, 2022 | Sep 7, 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 |
| Jun 13, 2022 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 81.43% | Quarterly | $1.72 | May 4, 2022 | Jun 14, 2022 | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Feb 24, 2022 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 73.73% | Quarterly | $1.69 | Jan 31, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 |
| Nov 22, 2021 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 71.87% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Oct 28, 2021 | Nov 23, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | $0.43 | $0.43 | 74.75% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Aug 9, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Sep 24, 2021 |
| May 27, 2021 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 83.82% | Quarterly | $1.60 | May 18, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 |
| Feb 23, 2021 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 90.61% | Quarterly | $1.57 | Feb 2, 2021 | Feb 24, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 |
| Nov 23, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 81.44% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Nov 2, 2020 | Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Aug 26, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 97.88% | Quarterly | $1.51 | Aug 3, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 | Sep 24, 2020 |
| Jun 11, 2020 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 99.11% | Quarterly | $1.48 | May 13, 2020 | Jun 12, 2020 | Jun 26, 2020 |
| Feb 24, 2020 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 86.59% | Quarterly | $1.45 | Feb 10, 2020 | Feb 25, 2020 | Mar 26, 2020 |
| Nov 25, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 93.73% | Quarterly | $1.42 | Nov 4, 2019 | Nov 26, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 |
| Sep 9, 2019 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 95.68% | Quarterly | $1.39 | Aug 5, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 26, 2019 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 96.83% | Quarterly | $1.36 | May 13, 2019 | Jun 12, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Feb 26, 2019 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.10% | Quarterly | $1.33 | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 27, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Nov 27, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.13% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Oct 26, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Aug 28, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 1.11% | Quarterly | $1.27 | Aug 8, 2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | Sep 27, 2018 |
| Jun 7, 2018 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.18% | Quarterly | $1.24 | May 4, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 28, 2018 |
| Feb 27, 2018 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.31% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Jan 30, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Nov 21, 2017 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.33% | Quarterly | $1.18 | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Aug 25, 2017 | $0.31 | $0.31 | 1.35% | Quarterly | — | Aug 8, 2017 | Aug 29, 2017 | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Jun 5, 2017 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.42% | Quarterly | — | May 9, 2017 | Jun 7, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.55% | Quarterly | — | Feb 7, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Nov 21, 2016 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.59% | Quarterly | — | Nov 2, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 | Dec 21, 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.
STE dividend research links
Focused follow-on paths for yield methodology, payout coverage, peer comparison, and income planning.
Estimate income using editable yield and payment assumptions.
Compare reinvesting dividends with taking them as cash.
Review payout ratio, cash flow, profitability, and balance-sheet context.
Read dividend income beside volatility, drawdown, and risk resilience.
Open DividendInvestorIQ for dividend discovery, comparisons, and income planning tools.
STE Dividend Comparisons
How STE's income profile compares with the peers it is most often weighed against.
Dividend calculators
Each calculator opens with this ticker's price and dividend loaded; every assumption stays editable.
Estimate annual income, payment amount, yield and growth scenarios using STE as ticker context.
Explore a DRIP scenario without duplicating the full calculator on the dividend analysis page.
Check the current yield, annual income on your shares, and your yield on cost from the price you paid.
Enter your purchase date or price to see the yield on what you paid, today's yield beside it, and the dividends collected since.
Related Links
STE Dividends FAQ
Does STE pay a dividend?
STERIS plc (STE) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.69 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is STE's dividend yield?
STE's trailing dividend yield is 1.14%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is STE's next dividend?
STE's next announced dividend is $0.69 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 17, 2026 and payment date of Dec 17, 2026.
When is STE's ex-dividend date?
STE's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 17, 2026.
How has STE's dividend changed?
STE's one-year dividend growth is 10.26% based on comparable covered dividend history.