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BAESF BAE Systems plc — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

Other OTC· Semi-Annual dividend· Common Stock · Industrials / Aerospace & Defense

$26.91 ▼ $-0.55(-2.00%) as of Oct 29, 2026 06:20 UTC
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Dividend Snapshot

StatusRecently Increased
Last Dividend$0.2010Pays Dec 02, 2026
Forward Annual$0.51From the $0.2010 dividend declared Feb 18, 2026
FrequencySemi-Annual
Last Ex-DateOct 23, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
1-Yr Growth16.2%Annual totals, 2024–2025
10-Yr Growth3.8%Annual totals, 2015–2025

Research Scores

Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.

Dividend Safety Score

90/100

Very strong indicators

Complete data

Dividend Growth Score

80/100

Very strong growth record

Complete data

Dividend Value Score

Not Rated

only 40% of the inputs available (60% needed)

DividendRank

75/100

Upper middle of the scale

Partial data

How the Dividend Safety Score is built for BAESF
Dividend Safety Score inputs, points and weights
InputValuePointsWeight
Earnings payout ratioEarnings payout ratio 50% (FY2025) 90 20%
FCF payout ratioFCF payout ratio 43% (FY2025) 100 25%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / EBITDA 1.3x (FY2025) 96 15%
Interest coverageInterest coverage 6.1x (FY2025) 73 10%
Dividend record16 years of uninterrupted regular payments 78 20%
Earnings stabilityNet income positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) 100 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

How the Dividend Growth Score is built for BAESF
Dividend Growth Score inputs, points and weights
InputValuePointsWeight
5-year dividend growth5-year dividend CAGR 8.4% (2020–2025) 92 25%
Consecutive annual increases3 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) 45 20%
Payout headroomHeadroom from the earnings payout ratio 50% (FY2025) 85 20%
Earnings per share growth (3 years)EPS CAGR 10.8% (FY2022–FY2025) 100 15%
Revenue growth (3 years)Revenue CAGR 10.0% (FY2022–FY2025) 100 10%
10-year dividend growth10-year dividend CAGR 3.8% (2015–2025) 63 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

Key Metrics

Current Yield

1.89%

At the Oct 29, 2026 price

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Dividend

$0.5091

Declared Feb 18, 2026

The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.

Frequency

S Semi-Annual

How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

RSI (14)

55

As of Oct 29, 2026

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$21.16 – $31.09

Closes through Oct 23, 2026

The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio (TTM)

51.63%

12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026)

The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.

Years Paying

16

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book (TTM)

4.67

Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value

Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is a set of four checks on a dividend's record and the company's data, the same test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: a Dividend Safety Score of 70+ and a yield of 2%+. Accelerating: at least three consecutive completed calendar years of higher total regular dividends. Flawless: since 1990, no calendar year whose total regular dividend fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension. Enduring: at least 20 years between the first and latest dividend in our records. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (Dividend Safety Score 70+ and yield 2%+): Dividend Safety Score 90/100, yield 1.89%.
A Accelerating
3 consecutive years of dividend increases.
F Flawless
No calendar year's regular dividend total fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension of the regular dividend is on record.
E Enduring
16 year(s) of payments on record, under the 20 this check looks for.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeOther OTCThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume14,603Oct 23, 2026 sessionHow many shares changed hands in the trading session dated beside this figure, a rough read on trading activity. Daily bars are refreshed on a slower cycle than the quoted price, so this session can be older than the price above.
Open$25.50Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe price at the start of the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Day Range$25.40 – $26.28Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe lowest and highest price during the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Prev Close$25.93Close of Oct 22, 2026The closing price from the session before the one dated beside these figures.
Market Cap$78.73BAs of Oct 29, 2026The company's total market value (share price times shares outstanding) on the date shown.
Shares Out2.93BImplied by market cap, Oct 29, 2026Shares outstanding implied by the market cap and share price on the date shown.
EPS (TTM)GBP 0.7112 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 FY2026); reported in GBPEarnings per share over the trailing twelve months (TTM), labeled with the end date of the latest reported quarter and shown in the company's reporting currency. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E (TTM)27.6Price as of Oct 25, 2026; earnings to Jun 30, 2026Price-to-earnings ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by trailing-twelve-month earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Last Ex-DateOct 23, 2026Pays Dec 02, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateN/ANone declared yetThe ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.

Dividend Growth

3-Yr Growth (CAGR)12.9%Annual totals, 2022–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
5-Yr Growth (CAGR)8.4%Annual totals, 2020–2025The dividend's average annual growth rate over the period, compounded.
Consecutive Increases3 yrsAnnual totals through 2025The number of consecutive years the dividend has increased.

How often a record like this ends in a cut

Years the payout rose10Since Apr 2010
Rank among payers1096of 2,430 with a record
Years it fell over 20%0in 15 comparable years
Of peers with 10 to 24 up years75%also cut at some point

BAESF has raised its annual dividend in 10 separate years since April 2010, which ranks 1096 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. No year in that span saw the annual total fall by more than a fifth.

Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.

Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

BAESF's dividend yield rose from 1.79% to 1.89% over the past ~90 days (+0.10 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.10 pp from the share price ($28.46 on Jul 31, 2026 → $26.91 on Oct 29, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current1.89%
1-Yr Average1.86%
Low / High1.61% – 2.16%
Percentile57%

Across 273 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), BAESF's current yield is higher than approximately 57% of them. Our stored price history for BAESF covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Dividend History

Dividend Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$0.2010 S Regular Feb 18, 2026 Oct 23, 2026 Oct 23, 2026 Dec 02, 2026
$0.1991 S Regular N/A Oct 22, 2026 Oct 23, 2026 Dec 02, 2026
$0.3081 S Regular Feb 18, 2026 Apr 24, 2026 Apr 24, 2026 Jun 04, 2026
$0.1795 S Regular Mar 03, 2025 Oct 24, 2025 Oct 24, 2025 Dec 03, 2025
$0.2755 S Regular Dec 12, 2024 Apr 22, 2025 Apr 22, 2025 Jun 02, 2025
$0.1609 S Regular Mar 05, 2024 Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024 Dec 02, 2024
$0.2306 S Regular Dec 29, 2023 Apr 18, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 Jun 03, 2024
$0.1396 S Regular Mar 23, 2023 Oct 19, 2023 Oct 20, 2023 Nov 30, 2023
$0.2066 S Regular Dec 22, 2022 Apr 20, 2023 Apr 21, 2023 Jun 01, 2023
$0.1174 S Regular Mar 28, 2022 Oct 20, 2022 Oct 21, 2022 Nov 30, 2022
$0.1983 S Regular Dec 08, 2021 Apr 21, 2022 Apr 22, 2022 Jun 01, 2022
$0.1367 S Regular Mar 29, 2021 Oct 21, 2021 Oct 22, 2021 Nov 30, 2021
$0.1980 S Regular Dec 22, 2020 Apr 22, 2021 Apr 23, 2021 Jun 01, 2021
$0.1230 Q Regular Jul 30, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 Oct 23, 2020 Nov 30, 2020
$0.1814 Q Regular Oct 30, 2019 Aug 06, 2020 Aug 07, 2020 Sep 14, 2020
$0.1716 S Regular Oct 30, 2019 Apr 16, 2020 Apr 17, 2020 Jun 01, 2020
$0.1208 S Regular Mar 25, 2019 Oct 17, 2019 Oct 18, 2019 Dec 02, 2019
$0.1716 S Regular Nov 01, 2018 Apr 18, 2019 Apr 23, 2019 Jun 03, 2019
$0.1175 S Regular Mar 26, 2018 Oct 18, 2018 Oct 19, 2018 Nov 30, 2018
$0.1845 S Regular Oct 12, 2017 Apr 19, 2018 Apr 20, 2018 Jun 01, 2018
$0.1160 S Regular Mar 28, 2017 Oct 19, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 Nov 30, 2017
$0.1629 S Regular Oct 10, 2016 Apr 20, 2017 Apr 21, 2017 Jun 01, 2017
$0.1054 S Regular Mar 17, 2016 Oct 20, 2016 Oct 21, 2016 Nov 30, 2016
$0.1792 S Regular Oct 30, 2015 Apr 21, 2016 Apr 22, 2016 Jun 01, 2016
$0.1293 S Regular Apr 22, 2015 Oct 22, 2015 Oct 23, 2015 Nov 30, 2015
$0.1836 S Regular Nov 17, 2014 Apr 16, 2015 Apr 17, 2015 Jun 01, 2015
$0.1315 S Regular Mar 19, 2014 Oct 23, 2014 Oct 24, 2014 Dec 01, 2014
$0.2032 S Regular Oct 15, 2013 Apr 16, 2014 Apr 22, 2014 Jun 02, 2014
$0.1293 S Regular Apr 09, 2013 Oct 23, 2013 Oct 25, 2013 Dec 02, 2013
$0.1785 S Regular Nov 08, 2012 Apr 17, 2013 Apr 19, 2013 Jun 03, 2013
$0.1261 S Regular Aug 02, 2012 Oct 17, 2012 Oct 19, 2012 Nov 30, 2012
$0.1256 S Regular N/A Apr 18, 2012 N/A N/A
$0.0833 S Regular N/A Oct 19, 2011 N/A N/A
$0.1167 S Regular N/A Apr 20, 2011 N/A N/A
$0.0700 S Regular N/A Oct 20, 2010 N/A N/A
$0.1067 S Regular N/A Apr 21, 2010 N/A N/A

Peer Comparison

Selected Aerospace & Defense dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 1.79% 9.7% 22 yrs 86
LHX L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 1.92% 7.1% 24 yrs 86
GD General Dynamics Corporation 1.79% 6.5% 34 yrs 83
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2.02% 5.1% 12 yrs 79

BAESF dividend — frequently asked questions

Does BAE Systems plc pay a dividend?

Yes. BAE Systems plc (BAESF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.51 per share, a yield of approximately 1.89%.

What is BAE Systems plc's dividend yield?

BAE Systems plc's dividend yield is approximately 1.89%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does BAE Systems plc pay dividends?

BAE Systems plc pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.

How long has BAE Systems plc paid dividends?

BAE Systems plc has 16 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Data updated Oct 29, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.