DEO Dividend Calculator
Diageo plc yields 3.79%, close to the 2.92% median across US dividend payers — a rate that is unremarkable in itself, which puts the weight on how reliably it is paid rather than on how large it is. The figures below convert it into cash at a range of investment sizes.
DEO paid $3.32 per share over the last twelve months on a semi-annual schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
DEO
Diageo plc
3.79%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in DEO pays you
$379.25
per year
- Paid twice a year
- $189.63
- Monthly average
- $31.60
- Shares bought
- 114.26
- Payments a year
- 2
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$3,792.50
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
DEO dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 3.79%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $37.93 | $18.96 | $3.16 |
| $5,000 | $189.63 | $94.81 | $15.80 |
| $10,000 | $379.25 | $189.63 | $31.60 |
| $25,000 | $948.13 | $474.06 | $79.01 |
| $50,000 | $1,896.25 | $948.13 | $158.02 |
| $100,000 | $3,792.50 | $1,896.25 | $316.04 |
DEO with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in DEO, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $14,560
- After 20 years
- $21,200
- After 30 years
- $30,867
$13,793 taking the income as cash
$17,585 taking the income as cash
$21,378 taking the income as cash
What makes up DEO's 3.79% yield
DEO paid $3.32 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $87.52, which is where the 3.79% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
A yield close to the market median is the least informative figure on this page — it is what most payers look like. What separates DEO from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.
Staples businesses sell things people buy in every part of a cycle, which is what has historically allowed long uninterrupted payment records in this sector. The trade-off is that the growth funding those raises is usually modest.
When DEO pays, and what that changes
DEO pays semi-annual, which is unusual among US-listed payers and has two consequences the annual figure hides. The "monthly average" column is an average and nothing more — no cash arrives in most months — and the gap between payments means a holder buying between them waits longer for the first one.
Infrequent payments also compound marginally more slowly when reinvested, since each distribution spends longer as cash before it is put back to work. The reinvestment figures above use DEO's real schedule rather than assuming quarterly payments.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. DEO's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is DEO's dividend covered by earnings?
DEO's payout ratio of 1.05 means the dividend exceeds reported earnings — the company is distributing more than it earned. That is sustainable for a period from cash reserves or borrowing, and it is the single most relevant caveat on this page, because the ten-year figures above assume the payment continues at its present level throughout.
The figures hold the dividend flat. No multi-year record of consecutive increases is on file for DEO, so treat the projection as arithmetic on today's payment rather than as an expectation about future ones.
DEO dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in DEO pay in dividends?
- At DEO's current yield of 3.79%, $10,000 pays about $379.25 a year — roughly $189.63 per payment, paid semi-annual, or $31.60 a month averaged out.
- What would DEO be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in DEO would grow to about $14,560 after 10 years, against $13,793 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does DEO pay dividends?
- DEO pays semi-annual — 2 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is DEO's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check DEO's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Can DEO afford its dividend?
- DEO's payout ratio is 1.05, meaning the dividend currently exceeds reported earnings. That gap can be funded from cash or borrowing for a period, but not indefinitely from profits. The projections on this page assume the payment continues unchanged, which is an assumption rather than a finding — check the full payment history and the company's own filings before relying on it.
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Diageo plc is a common stock trading at $87.52 per share, paying semi-annual. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.