SNNUF Smith & Nephew plc — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Smith & Nephew plc is a global medical technology enterprise dedicated to the development, manufacturing, and worldwide commercialization of an extensive array of medical devices. Its product portfolio spans several key areas. In orthopedics, the company provides knee implants for replacement procedures, hip implants for joint reconstruction, and trauma and extremities products, including both internal and external fixation devices, crucial for stabilizing severe fractures and correcting deformities. For sports medicine, Smith & Nephew offers joint repair solutions tailored for surgeons. This includes specialized instruments, advanced technologies, and implants essential for minimally invasive joint surgeries, targeting soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions of the knee, hip, and shoulder, as well as meniscal repair systems. Additionally, the firm supplies arthroscopic enabling technologies that enhance surgical visualization and intervention within joints. This suite encompasses fluid management equipment for surgical access, high-definition cameras, digital imaging capture systems, scopes, light sources, and monitors. It also features radiofrequency, electromechanical, and mechanical tissue resection devices, alongside hand instruments for precise tissue removal. The company also provides dedicated ear, nose, and throat (ENT) solutions. Its Advanced Wound Management division delivers comprehensive solutions for the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic wounds, covering conditions like leg, diabetic, and pressure ulcers, burns, and post-operative wounds. This segment includes advanced wound bioactives, comprising biologics and other bioactive technologies for debridement, dermal repair, and regeneration. Regenerative medicine products, such as skin, bone graft, and articular cartilage substitutes, are also offered. Furthermore, Smith & Nephew provides advanced wound devices, including traditional and single-use negative pressure wound therapy systems, and hydrosurgery technology. Primarily serving healthcare providers globally, Smith & Nephew plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Watford, 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.
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for SNNUF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Earnings payout ratio 53% (FY2025) | 87 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 39% (FY2025) | 100 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x (FY2025) | 90 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 6.8x (FY2025) | 77 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 15 years of uninterrupted regular payments | 77 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net 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 SNNUF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR 0.4% (2020–2025) | 29 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 1 consecutive annual increase (through 2025) | 25 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Headroom from the earnings payout ratio 53% (FY2025) | 81 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS CAGR 41.1% (FY2022–FY2025) | 100 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR 6.5% (FY2022–FY2025) | 91 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR 2.3% (2015–2025) | 48 | 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 Value Score is built for SNNUF
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yield vs own history | Current yield at the 92nd percentile of its 120 month-end yields | 92 | 40% |
| P/E vs own 5-year median | P/E 18.1 is 0.64x its 5-year median of 28.4 | 96 | 25% |
| FCF yield | FCF yield 7.9% (FY2025) | 99 | 20% |
| P/E vs peers | P/E 18.1 vs peer median 26.8 (0.67x; 45 corporation / Healthcare securities) | 91 | 15% |
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
2.95%
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
$0.3904
Declared Aug 04, 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)
41
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
$12.83 – $18.40
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)
52.32%
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
15
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)
2.52
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
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
SNNUF has raised its annual dividend in 10 separate years since October 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)
SNNUF's dividend yield rose from 2.51% to 2.95% over the past ~90 days (+0.45 pp). Of that move, +0.02 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.43 pp from the share price ($15.48 on Aug 03, 2026 → $13.22 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
Across 272 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), SNNUF's current yield is higher than approximately 93% of them. Our stored price history for SNNUF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.1541 S | Regular | Aug 04, 2026 | Oct 02, 2026 | Oct 02, 2026 | Nov 06, 2026 |
| $0.1560 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 01, 2026 | Oct 02, 2026 | Nov 06, 2026 |
| $0.2363 S | Regular | Mar 02, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| $0.1518 S | Regular | Aug 05, 2025 | Oct 03, 2025 | Oct 03, 2025 | Nov 07, 2025 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 25, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | May 28, 2025 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2024 | Oct 04, 2024 | Oct 04, 2024 | Nov 08, 2024 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 27, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 02, 2024 | May 22, 2024 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Aug 03, 2023 | Oct 05, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | Nov 01, 2023 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | May 17, 2023 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Jul 28, 2022 | Sep 29, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 22, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Apr 01, 2022 | May 11, 2022 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Jul 29, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 01, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 18, 2021 | Apr 01, 2021 | Apr 06, 2021 | May 12, 2021 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Jul 29, 2020 | Oct 01, 2020 | Oct 02, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 |
| $0.2310 S | Regular | Feb 20, 2020 | Apr 02, 2020 | Apr 03, 2020 | May 06, 2020 |
| $0.1440 S | Regular | Jul 31, 2019 | Oct 03, 2019 | Oct 04, 2019 | Oct 30, 2019 |
| $0.2200 S | Regular | Feb 07, 2019 | Apr 04, 2019 | Apr 05, 2019 | May 08, 2019 |
| $0.1388 S | Regular | Jul 26, 2018 | Oct 04, 2018 | Oct 05, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 |
| $0.2272 S | Regular | Feb 08, 2018 | Apr 05, 2018 | Apr 06, 2018 | May 09, 2018 |
| $0.1230 S | Regular | Jul 27, 2017 | Oct 05, 2017 | Oct 06, 2017 | Nov 01, 2017 |
| $0.1850 S | Regular | Feb 09, 2017 | Mar 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | May 10, 2017 |
| $0.1230 S | Regular | Jul 28, 2016 | Oct 06, 2016 | Oct 07, 2016 | Oct 25, 2016 |
| $0.1900 S | Regular | Feb 04, 2016 | Apr 21, 2016 | Apr 22, 2016 | May 11, 2016 |
| $0.1180 S | Regular | Jul 30, 2015 | Oct 08, 2015 | Oct 09, 2015 | Oct 27, 2015 |
| $0.1860 S | Regular | Feb 05, 2015 | Apr 16, 2015 | Apr 17, 2015 | May 06, 2015 |
| $0.1100 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2014 | Oct 23, 2014 | Oct 24, 2014 | Nov 11, 2014 |
| $0.1700 S | Regular | Feb 06, 2014 | Apr 16, 2014 | Apr 22, 2014 | May 07, 2014 |
| $0.1040 S | Regular | Aug 01, 2013 | Oct 09, 2013 | Oct 11, 2013 | Oct 29, 2013 |
| $0.1620 S | Regular | Feb 07, 2013 | Apr 17, 2013 | Apr 19, 2013 | May 08, 2013 |
| $0.0990 S | Regular | Aug 02, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 | Oct 12, 2012 | Oct 30, 2012 |
| $0.1080 S | Regular | Feb 02, 2012 | Apr 18, 2012 | Apr 20, 2012 | May 09, 2012 |
| $0.0733 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 12, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.1091 S | Regular | N/A | Apr 27, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
| $0.0600 S | Regular | N/A | Oct 13, 2010 | N/A | N/A |
Peer Comparison
Selected Medical - Devices dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STE | STERIS plc | 1.21% | 9.3% | 19 yrs | 90 |
| SYK | Stryker Corporation | 1.16% | 7.6% | 16 yrs | 87 |
| RMD | ResMed Inc. | 1.06% | 7.7% | 12 yrs | 84 |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 2.45% | 10.4% | 12 yrs | 79 |
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SNNUF dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Smith & Nephew plc pay a dividend?
Yes. Smith & Nephew plc (SNNUF) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.39 per share, a yield of approximately 2.95%.
What is Smith & Nephew plc's dividend yield?
Smith & Nephew plc's dividend yield is approximately 2.95%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Smith & Nephew plc pay dividends?
Smith & Nephew plc pays dividends semi-annually — 2 times per year.
How long has Smith & Nephew plc paid dividends?
Smith & Nephew plc has 15 years of dividend payments on record.
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.