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Emera Incorporated dividend history and coverage

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

Dividends per share, FY2025C$2.908
5-yr dividend growth+3.3%/yr
Years without a decrease, since FY20169
Short answerEmera Incorporated paid C$2.908 per share in dividends for fiscal 2025, up 3.3% a year over five years. Over its last three fiscal years it paid out 99% of earnings, which our utilities teaching band reads as worth watching. No yearly decrease appears in the filings we hold.

Dividend history

Emera Incorporated dividends and earnings per share by fiscal yearFY2016 dividend 2.00, EPS 1.32; FY2017 dividend 2.13, EPS 1.24; FY2018 dividend 2.28, EPS 3.04; FY2019 dividend 2.38, EPS 2.76; FY2020 dividend 2.48, EPS 3.78; FY2021 dividend 2.58, EPS 1.98; FY2022 dividend 2.68, EPS 3.55; FY2023 dividend 2.79, EPS 3.57; FY2024 dividend 2.88, EPS 1.71; FY2025 dividend 2.91, EPS 3.38 (CAD per share).0.002.124.2316171819202122232425
  • Dividends per share (fiscal year)
  • Year with a decrease
  • Earnings per share (diluted)

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The numbers, with their filings

Emera Incorporated, per share in CAD. Fiscal years as reported; "—" means not tagged in the filing.
Fiscal yearDividends/shareEPS (diluted)Payout of EPSFCF/shareCash payoutFiling
FY20252.9083.3886%-5.77not covered40-F
FY20242.8771.71168%-1.75not covered40-F
FY20232.7883.5778%-2.54not covered40-F
FY20222.6783.5575%-6.33not covered40-F
FY20212.5751.98130%-4.55not covered40-F
FY20202.4753.7866%-3.97not covered40-F
FY20192.3752.7686%-4.03not covered40-F
FY20182.2833.0475%-2.02not covered40-F
FY20172.1321.24172%-1.57not covered40-F
FY20161.9951.32151%-0.16not covered40-F

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 Emera Incorporated filings on EDGAR ↗

What $1,000 of Emera dividends is worth after tax

Canadian resident (2026 estimate)

AccountYou keepWhy
Non-registered$936Eligible-dividend gross-up and credits (assumes the dividend is designated eligible, as large Canadian public companies' dividends usually are; check your T5)
TFSA$1,000Tax-free
RRSP / RRIF$1,000No tax now; withdrawals are taxed later as ordinary income

US taxpayer (2026 estimate)

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

AccountYou 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). Canadian dividends paid to US residents generally have 15% Canadian tax withheld under the treaty, creditable on a US return; not modelled here. Use your own numbers.

Frequently asked questions

What dividend does Emera Incorporated pay?
Emera Incorporated reported dividends of C$2.908 per share for fiscal 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31), from its annual filing with the SEC. Dividends are declared by the board each period and can change.
Has Emera Incorporated 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 Emera Incorporated'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 C$2.908 annual figure.

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