Apple Inc. Dividends
The next dividend date for Apple Inc. has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Apple Inc. (AAPL)
| 08/10/2026 | 07/30/2026 | 08/10/2026 | 08/13/2026 | $0.27 |
| 05/11/2026 | 04/30/2026 | 05/11/2026 | 05/14/2026 | $0.27 |
| 02/09/2026 | 01/29/2026 | 02/09/2026 | 02/12/2026 | $0.26 |
| 11/10/2025 | 10/30/2025 | 11/10/2025 | 11/13/2025 | $0.26 |
| 08/11/2025 | 07/31/2025 | 08/11/2025 | 08/14/2025 | $0.26 |
| 05/12/2025 | 05/01/2025 | 05/12/2025 | 05/15/2025 | $0.26 |
| 02/10/2025 | 01/30/2025 | 02/10/2025 | 02/13/2025 | $0.25 |
| 11/08/2024 | 10/31/2024 | 11/11/2024 | 11/14/2024 | $0.25 |
| 08/12/2024 | 08/01/2024 | 08/12/2024 | 08/15/2024 | $0.25 |
| 05/10/2024 | 05/02/2024 | 05/13/2024 | 05/16/2024 | $0.25 |
More About Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod, as well as Apple branded and third-party accessories. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allows customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts, as well as advertising services include third-party licensing arrangements and its own advertising platforms. In addition, the company offers various subscription-based services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV, which offers original content and live sports; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers and resellers. The company was formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc. and changed its name to Apple Inc. in January 2007. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
Owning Apple Inc. Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Apple Inc. stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Apple Inc. stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Apple Inc. stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Apple Inc. stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Apple Inc. dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Apple Inc. Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Apple Inc. stock price from the dividend is already baked into Apple Inc. option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Apple Inc. ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Apple Inc. ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Apple Inc. call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Apple Inc. put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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