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STX Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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STX Dividend answer
STX (STX) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.42%, or $2.96 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.42%, from $2.96 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.74 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 24, 2026. Payment date: Oct 7, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
STX 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 STX Dividend Date
When STX next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next STX dividend
STX's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.74 per share. Data last checked: Oct 4, 2026.
Latest STX Dividend Dates
Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.
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Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.
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Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.
STX 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.
STX Annual Dividend History
STX Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.74, event yield 32.04%.
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
- 2.05%
- Cohort rank
- #328
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Technology rank
- #42
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.620
- 2025 regular DPS
- $2.900
- Absolute change
- $0.280
- Years increased
- 4
- Years reduced
- 0
STX's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 2.05% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #328 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Included in the research cohort, but below the yield threshold used for the study's headline table.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
STX Dividend Yield
How STX's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
STX'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 STX dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 32.04% | Quarterly | $2.96 | Jul 28, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 29.60% | Quarterly | $2.94 | Apr 28, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 70.66% | Quarterly | $2.92 | Jan 27, 2026 | Mar 25, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $2.90 | Oct 28, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.72 | $0.72 | 1.22% | Quarterly | $2.88 | Jul 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 9, 2025 |
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| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.72 | $0.72 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $2.86 | Apr 29, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Mar 19, 2025 | $0.72 | $0.72 | 3.19% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Jan 21, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.72 | $0.72 | 2.95% | Quarterly | $2.82 | Oct 22, 2024 | Dec 15, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.64% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Jul 23, 2024 | Sep 23, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.73% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Apr 23, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 |
| Mar 20, 2024 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Jan 24, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 3.42% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Oct 26, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 4.34% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Jul 26, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 4.47% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Apr 20, 2023 | Jun 21, 2023 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 4.51% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Jan 25, 2023 | Mar 22, 2023 | Apr 6, 2023 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 5.49% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Oct 26, 2022 | Dec 21, 2022 | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Sep 20, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 4.67% | Quarterly | $2.80 | Jul 21, 2022 | Sep 21, 2022 | Oct 5, 2022 |
| Jun 23, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 3.92% | Quarterly | $2.77 | Apr 27, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 | Jul 7, 2022 |
| Mar 21, 2022 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.97% | Quarterly | $2.74 | Jan 26, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Apr 6, 2022 |
| Dec 21, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | 2.48% | Quarterly | $2.71 | Oct 22, 2021 | Dec 22, 2021 | Jan 5, 2022 |
| Sep 21, 2021 | $0.67 | $0.67 | 3.29% | Quarterly | $2.68 | Jul 21, 2021 | Sep 22, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 |
| May 11, 2021 | $0.67 | $0.67 | 3.07% | Quarterly | $2.66 | Apr 22, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | Jul 7, 2021 |
| Mar 23, 2021 | $0.67 | $0.67 | 3.64% | Quarterly | $2.64 | Jan 21, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Dec 22, 2020 | $0.67 | $0.67 | 4.11% | Quarterly | $2.62 | Oct 22, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Sep 22, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 5.45% | Quarterly | $2.60 | Jul 28, 2020 | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 7, 2020 |
| Jun 23, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 5.28% | Quarterly | $2.58 | Apr 21, 2020 | Jun 24, 2020 | Jul 8, 2020 |
| Mar 24, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 5.89% | Quarterly | $2.56 | Jan 27, 2020 | Mar 25, 2020 | Apr 8, 2020 |
| Dec 24, 2019 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 4.27% | Quarterly | $2.54 | Oct 28, 2019 | Dec 26, 2019 | Jan 8, 2020 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 4.86% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Aug 2, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 | Oct 9, 2019 |
| Jun 18, 2019 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 5.53% | Quarterly | $2.52 | May 1, 2019 | Jun 19, 2019 | Jul 3, 2019 |
| Mar 19, 2019 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 5.33% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Feb 6, 2019 | Mar 20, 2019 | Apr 3, 2019 |
| Dec 18, 2018 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 6.75% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Nov 2, 2018 | Dec 19, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 |
| Sep 18, 2018 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 5.25% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Jul 30, 2018 | Sep 19, 2018 | Oct 3, 2018 |
| Jun 19, 2018 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 4.35% | Quarterly | $2.52 | May 2, 2018 | Jun 20, 2018 | Jul 5, 2018 |
| Mar 20, 2018 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 4.21% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Jan 30, 2018 | Mar 21, 2018 | Apr 4, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 5.97% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Oct 24, 2017 | Dec 20, 2017 | Jan 3, 2018 |
| Sep 19, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 7.83% | Quarterly | $2.52 | Sep 8, 2017 | Sep 20, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Jun 19, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 6.02% | Quarterly | — | Apr 26, 2017 | Jun 21, 2017 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| Mar 20, 2017 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 5.47% | Quarterly | — | Jan 26, 2017 | Mar 22, 2017 | Apr 5, 2017 |
| Dec 19, 2016 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 6.51% | Quarterly | — | Oct 19, 2016 | Dec 21, 2016 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Sep 19, 2016 | $0.63 | $0.63 | 7.01% | Quarterly | — | Aug 3, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 | Oct 5, 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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STX Dividends FAQ
Does STX pay a dividend?
STX (STX) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.74 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is STX's dividend yield?
STX's trailing dividend yield is 0.42%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is STX's next dividend?
STX's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is STX's ex-dividend date?
STX's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 24, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has STX's dividend changed?
STX's one-year dividend growth is 2.78% based on comparable covered dividend history.