Dividends on AstraZeneca (AZN) stocks are a part of the profit that shareholders receive from the company. In order to pay dividends to shareholders and investors, the company must receive a net profit, for further distriburing among shareholders or have free cash flow.

Besides, in order to pay you dividends, it is necessary that the Board of Directors recommends dividends and the closing date of the register. Then at the shareholders' meeting the amount of AstraZeneca dividends and the date is approved by shareholders.

For receiving AstraZeneca’s dividends it’s necessary to buy the stocks of the company (AZN) no more than 2 days before the closing of the register on 23.02.2024, since stock exchange trading takes place in the T+2 mode. Thus, the last date when you need to buy stocks to receive AstraZeneca dividends will be 21.02.2024

For dividends you can track the date of the last day for purchasing AstraZeneca stocks (AZN) in Dividend Calendar.

To receive AstraZeneca (AZN) dividends, you must own stocks on the date of preparing the list of persons entitled to receive dividend or the so-called register date.

The register is a list of AstraZeneca shareholders (AZN) with information on the number of stocks owned by the investor. Due to the fact that someone is constantly buying and selling company’s stocks on the stock exchange, it is necessary to fix the date of the register.

The closing date of the register for AstraZeneca (AZN) dividends was set for 23.02.2024.

Due to the T+2 trading mode, for receiving AstraZeneca’s dividends you must buy the stocks within at least two working days before the date, so that the last day to buy AstraZeneca stocks is to be 21.02.2024.

See the event caledar and the dividend calendar, as well as upcoming AstraZeneca events in order not to miss the dividends.

As a rule, investors receive dividends to a brokerage or bank account within the next 25 working days after the record date – 23.02.2024 at latest! Thus, AstraZeneca’s dividends should arrive no later than 0.99sDate.

Remember that after the cut-off date, AstraZeneca’s stocks usually decrease by the amount of the dividend paid per share. When the company is doing well and the market is positive, AstraZeneca’s dividend gap may be less than the dividend.

By the law, AstraZeneca is obliged to pay within the next 25 working days from the date of the 23.02.2024. Thus, the deadline for dividend payment on AstraZeneca stocks can be considered as 0.99sDate, but the company usually pays earlier than 25 working days.

For receiving AstraZeneca’s dividends, it is enough to buy or to own 1 share. If you buy 100 AstraZeneca’s stocks, you will receive dividends in the amount of 99 $ for it. Last time, the board of directors recommended to pay 0.99 $ per share.

According to the last recommendations of AstraZeneca’s board of directors, you will receive 0.99 $ as dividend payment.

The history of AstraZeneca’s dividend payment is reflected in the AstraZeneca’s card in the tab Dividends.

The dividend yield of AstraZeneca’s stocks is the ratio of the dividend amount per share to the current market price, and is expressed as a percentage. Thus, the recommended dividend is 0.99 $, that means that your current dividend yield on AstraZeneca’s stocks is 1.52%.

It is important to remember that a high dividend yield is not a reason to buy AstraZeneca stocks! Therefore, before making an investment decision, we recommend to analyze the dynamics of financial indicators and AstraZeneca’s multipliers. You should also compare rivals, as you may find a much more profitable investment idea.

Lately AstraZeneca has been paying dividends 2 time a year. See the history of AstraZeneca’s dividends in order to check and verify the frequency of dividend payments as AstraZeneca’s dividend policy may change or the company may pay special dividends. The more often a company pays dividends, the more stable the investor's cash flow is.

All information and dividend data for AstraZeneca stocks you may see on a given page above.