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TL;DR
- Yes. Alphabet pays $0.22 a share every quarter, or $0.88 a year, a yield of about 0.3%.
- The next payment is due December 14, 2026, for holders on December 7.
- GOOGL and GOOG shares get the same amount. The dividend began in June 2024 and has been raised twice.
- LemonTrades tells you what moved Alphabet, and why, as it happens, and warns you before its earnings.
For its first 20 years as a public company, Google paid no dividend. That changed in 2024. Here’s what it pays now.
Alphabet’s dividend history
| Year | Per quarter | Paid that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0.20 (from June) | $0.60 |
| 2025 | $0.20, then $0.21 from June | $0.83 |
| 2026 | $0.21, then $0.22 from June | $0.87 |
Payments usually come in mid-March, mid-June, mid-September and mid-December.
How much would you get?
| If you own | A quarter | A year |
|---|---|---|
| 10 shares | $2.20 | $8.80 |
| 100 shares | $22 | $88 |
| 1,000 shares | $220 | $880 |
Why is the yield so low?
Alphabet would rather keep its cash for AI spending and buybacks. It spends much more buying back shares than paying dividends, and buybacks raise each remaining share’s part of the company without a tax bill for most holders that year. The dividend is more of a signal that it’s a mature, cash-rich company than a reason to buy the stock.
How it compares
Not every tech giant pays: Amazon doesn’t, and neither does Tesla. Nvidia’s dividend is tiny. If you want income, a fund such as SCHD pays much more. To collect a payment, you must buy before the ex-dividend date.
Curious about those buybacks? See what treasury stock is.
Sources
- StockAnalysis: Alphabet dividend history
- Securities.io: Alphabet’s third-quarter results and dividend
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