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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company dividend history and coverage

Fiscal 2016–2025 dividends per share, payout of earnings and cash flow, and any decreases, read from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's own SEC filings. Data built 2026-11-01.

Dividends per share, FY2025US$2.490

Latest quarter × 4US$2.520

5-yr dividend growth+6.2%/yr

Years without a decrease, since FY20169

Short answerBristol-Myers Squibb Company paid US$2.490 per share in dividends for fiscal 2025, up 6.2% a year over five years. Over its last three fiscal years it paid out >200% of earnings, which our industrial, technology, energy, materials, health care teaching band reads as worth watching. No yearly decrease appears in the filings we hold.

Dividend history

Dividends per share (fiscal year)
Year with a decrease
Earnings per share (diluted)

Coverage Worth watching

Over 200% of earnings paid as dividends (3 years)

Payout of earnings (3 yrs). Over 200%: more than the business produced on this measure.

Cash payout after capital spending (3 yrs). 37%: inside the 60% teaching band.

Earnings and cash flow disagree. One measure covers the dividend and the other doesn't. Read the annual report for one-off charges or unusual cash items.

Earnings payout distorted. Earnings were unusually low in at least one of the three years (often because of large one-off charges), so the earnings payout overstates the strain. The cash measures are the better guide here.

No decrease. No year-over-year decrease since fiscal 2016, where our data starts (9 straight years in that window).

Bands for industrial, technology, energy, materials, health care: up to 60% inside the band, 60–80% stretched. Earnings swing with the cycle, so a cushion matters. Teaching rules of thumb, not a rating.

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The numbers, with their filings

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, per share in USD. Fiscal years as reported; "—" means not tagged in the filing.
Fiscal year	Dividends/share	EPS (diluted)	Payout of EPS	FCF/share	Cash payout	Filing
FY2025	2.490	3.46	72%	6.30	39%	10-K
FY2024	2.420	-4.41	not covered	6.88	35%	10-K
FY2023	2.310	3.86	60%	6.09	38%	10-K
FY2022	2.190	2.95	74%	5.57	39%	10-K
FY2021	2.010	3.12	64%	6.79	29%	10-K
FY2020	1.840	-3.99	not covered	5.89	31%	10-K
FY2019	1.680	2.01	84%	4.31	36%	10-K
FY2018	1.610	3.01	54%	3.74	43%	10-K
FY2017	1.570	0.61	>200%	2.55	61%	10-K
FY2016	1.530	2.65	58%	1.10	138%	10-K

Dividends per share: dividends declared per share, as tagged in the company's filings. Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures (as tagged); cash payout = common dividends paid ÷ free cash flow. All Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filings on EDGAR ↗

What $1,000 of Bristol-Myers dividends is worth after tax

Canadian resident (2026 estimate)

Province or territory

Other taxable income

Account	You keep	Why
Non-registered	$704	15% US withholding, then Canadian tax like interest with a foreign tax credit
TFSA	$850	15% US withholding, not recoverable
RRSP / RRIF	$1,000	Treaty exemption from US withholding; taxed on withdrawal

US taxpayer (2026 estimate)

Example: married filing jointly, $120,000 of other taxable income, 22% ordinary bracket.

Account	You keep
Taxable brokerage	$850
Roth IRA	$1,000
Traditional IRA / 401(k)	$1,000*

* Nothing is taxed when the dividend is paid; withdrawals are taxed later as ordinary income.

Assumes qualified-dividend treatment (holding period met). Use your own numbers.

Frequently asked questions

What dividend does Bristol-Myers Squibb Company pay?

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company reported dividends of US$2.490 per share for fiscal 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31), from its annual filing with the SEC. Its latest declared quarterly dividend in a 10-Q or 10-K was US$0.6300, or US$2.520 a year at that rate. Dividends are declared by the board each period and can change.

Has Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ever cut its dividend?

Not in the fiscal years we hold (2016–2025): annual dividends per share did not fall year over year in that window.

What is Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's dividend yield?

Yield is the annual dividend divided by the share price, and the price changes every trading day. We do not republish prices; enter today's price from your brokerage or the exchange's quote page above to calculate it with the US$2.520 annual figure.

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