CPYYY Centrica plc — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Centrica plc functions as an integrated energy enterprise with operations spanning the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, North America, and various other international regions. The company's diverse activities are organized into several key divisions: British Gas Services & Solutions, British Gas Energy, Centrica Business Solutions, Bord Gáis Energy, Energy Marketing & Trading, and Upstream. Its core business involves providing gas and electricity to households, alongside a range of energy-related offerings. Centrica also generates electricity from its nuclear assets. Beyond energy provision, Centrica extends its services to include comprehensive home installation, repair, and maintenance for items like central heating, plumbing, drains, electrical systems, and gas and kitchen appliances, alongside heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. It also provides vital breakdown assistance. Furthermore, Centrica engages in the acquisition, trading, and optimization of energy resources, including the procurement and sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and delivers energy efficiency solutions and technologies to its residential client base. The company's upstream segment is responsible for the production and processing of natural gas and oil, developing new fields to ensure reserve sustainability, and constructing, owning, and operating essential infrastructure. In addition to these core energy activities, Centrica participates in social enterprise investment funds. Its broader portfolio also encompasses vehicle leasing, commercial services, insurance, energy management products, and services, as well as the operation of a gas storage and franchise network. Originally known as Yieldtop plc, the company adopted the name Centrica plc in December 1996. Founded in 1812, Centrica plc is headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom.
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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.
Not Rated
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for CPYYY
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Net loss to common shareholders (FY2025): dividends not covered by earnings | 0 | 35% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 74% (FY2025) | 69 | 5% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net cash (FY2025) | 100 | 20% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 23.2x (FY2025) | 100 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 3 years of uninterrupted regular payments; suspension Apr 10, 2020, within 10 years: capped at 20 | 20 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 3 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) | 40 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: utility. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Growth Score is built for CPYYY
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | N/A (not used) | N/A | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 2 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 35 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Net loss to common shareholders (FY2025): no headroom | 0 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS -0.06 (FY2025) from -0.52 (FY2022): negative at the end of the 3 years | 0 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR -7.1% (FY2022–FY2025) | 10 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR -10.0% (2015–2025) | 0 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: utility. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
Key Metrics
Current Yield
3.84%
At the Oct 20, 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
$0.3045
Declared Jul 24, 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)
45
As of Oct 20, 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
$7.81 – $11.99
Closes through Oct 19, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
36.01%
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
26
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)
2.01
Price as of Oct 18, 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
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
CPYYY has raised its annual dividend in 12 separate years since April 2000, which ranks 933 among the 2,435 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. In 3 years the annual total fell 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 278 of 1079 (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)
CPYYY's dividend yield rose from 3.02% to 3.84% over the past ~90 days (+0.82 pp). Of that move, +0.13 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.69 pp from the share price ($9.73 on Jul 22, 2026 → $7.93 on Oct 20, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 276 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 19, 2026), CPYYY's current yield is higher than approximately 97% of them. Our stored price history for CPYYY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.1066 S | Regular | Jul 24, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| $0.1979 S | Regular | Mar 11, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 26, 2026 |
| $0.0962 S | Regular | Aug 21, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 |
| $0.1626 S | Regular | Apr 01, 2025 | May 02, 2025 | May 02, 2025 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| $0.0761 S | Regular | Sep 12, 2024 | Oct 04, 2024 | Oct 04, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 |
| $0.1372 S | Regular | May 07, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 |
| $0.0659 S | Regular | Aug 24, 2023 | Oct 05, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 |
| $0.1029 S | Regular | May 08, 2023 | Jun 08, 2023 | Jun 09, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| $0.0476 S | Regular | Sep 27, 2022 | Oct 06, 2022 | Oct 07, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 |
| $0.0775 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 10, 2019 | Oct 11, 2019 | Dec 02, 2019 |
| $0.4260 S | Regular | Apr 23, 2019 | May 09, 2019 | May 10, 2019 | Jul 08, 2019 |
| $0.1846 S | Regular | Aug 14, 2018 | Oct 11, 2018 | Oct 12, 2018 | Dec 03, 2018 |
| $0.4389 S | Regular | Mar 15, 2018 | May 10, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | Jul 09, 2018 |
| $0.1940 S | Regular | Aug 11, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | Dec 11, 2017 |
| $0.4346 S | Regular | Mar 29, 2017 | May 10, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 |
| $0.1789 S | Regular | Sep 27, 2016 | Oct 12, 2016 | Oct 14, 2016 | Dec 05, 2016 |
| $0.5004 S | Regular | Mar 04, 2016 | May 11, 2016 | May 13, 2016 | Jul 05, 2016 |
| $0.2153 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 30, 2015 | Oct 02, 2015 | Dec 07, 2015 |
| $0.5282 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 29, 2015 | May 01, 2015 | Jul 06, 2015 |
| $0.3224 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 24, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | Nov 24, 2014 |
| $0.8099 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 23, 2014 | Apr 25, 2014 | Jun 23, 2014 |
| $0.3125 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 25, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Nov 25, 2013 |
| $0.7373 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 24, 2013 | Apr 26, 2013 | Jun 24, 2013 |
| $0.2931 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 | Nov 26, 2012 |
| $0.6878 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 25, 2012 | Apr 27, 2012 | Jun 25, 2012 |
| $0.2703 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 28, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | Nov 28, 2011 |
| $0.6789 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 29, 2011 | May 03, 2011 | Jun 27, 2011 |
| $0.2437 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 29, 2010 | Oct 01, 2010 | Nov 29, 2010 |
| $0.5315 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 28, 2010 | Apr 30, 2010 | Jun 28, 2010 |
| $0.2449 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 23, 2009 | Sep 25, 2009 | Nov 23, 2009 |
| $0.5683 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 22, 2009 | Apr 24, 2009 | Jun 22, 2009 |
| $1.8432 Q | Special | Dec 08, 2008 | Dec 09, 2008 | Nov 14, 2008 | Dec 15, 2008 |
| $0.5981 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 24, 2008 | Sep 26, 2008 | Nov 24, 2008 |
| $1.8829 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 23, 2008 | Apr 25, 2008 | Jun 23, 2008 |
| $0.6949 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 26, 2007 | Sep 28, 2007 | Nov 26, 2007 |
| $1.5752 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 25, 2007 | Apr 27, 2007 | Jun 25, 2007 |
| $0.5954 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2006 | Sep 29, 2006 | Nov 27, 2006 |
| $1.3605 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 26, 2006 | Apr 28, 2006 | Jun 26, 2006 |
| $0.5369 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 12, 2005 | Oct 14, 2005 | Nov 28, 2005 |
| $1.1015 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 27, 2005 | Apr 29, 2005 | Jun 27, 2005 |
| $5.0957 S | Special | N/A | Oct 20, 2004 | Oct 22, 2004 | Nov 29, 2004 |
| $0.6765 S | Special | N/A | Apr 28, 2004 | Apr 30, 2004 | Jun 28, 2004 |
| $0.2835 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 24, 2003 | Sep 26, 2003 | Nov 24, 2003 |
| $0.4361 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 30, 2003 | May 02, 2003 | Jun 30, 2003 |
| $0.2409 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 09, 2002 | Oct 11, 2002 | Dec 09, 2002 |
| $0.3147 S | Regular | N/A | May 01, 2002 | May 03, 2002 | Jul 01, 2002 |
| $0.1886 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 10, 2001 | Oct 12, 2001 | Dec 10, 2001 |
| $0.2639 S | Regular | N/A | May 02, 2001 | May 04, 2001 | Jul 02, 2001 |
| $0.1714 S | Regular | N/A | Sep 27, 2000 | Sep 29, 2000 | Dec 07, 2000 |
| $0.2508 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 28, 2000 | May 02, 2000 | Jul 03, 2000 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Independent Power Producers dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AES | The AES Corporation | 4.70% | 4.2% | 12 yrs | 66 |
| VST | Vistra Corp. | 0.61% | 10.8% | 6 yrs | 58 |
| NRG | NRG Energy, Inc. | 1.91% | 8.0% | 6 yrs | 53 |
| TA.TO | TransAlta Corporation | 1.52% | 8.3% | 6 yrs | 43 |
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CPYYY dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Centrica plc pay a dividend?
Yes. Centrica plc (CPYYY) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.30 per share, a yield of approximately 3.84%.
What is Centrica plc's dividend yield?
Centrica plc's dividend yield is approximately 3.84%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Centrica plc pay dividends?
Centrica plc pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.
How long has Centrica plc paid dividends?
Centrica plc has 26 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Oct 20, 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.