Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has declared a quarterly cash dividend payable on September 28, 2026.
Shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 21 will be eligible for the payout, receiving $0.525 per share of the company’s outstanding Class A and Class B common stock.
Accordingly, investors holding 100 META shares will receive $52.5 this quarter. As such, the payment remains unchanged from the previous ones this year, issued on June 25 and March 26.
To be eligible for $100 in this quarter’s dividends, investors will have to hold 190.48 META shares as of September 21. At the current price of $682.31 per share, that is a $130,000 investment.
With the upcoming dividend, the total payment for the past three quarters will thus amount to $157.5. If the number remains unchanged in the fourth quarter as well, the overall yearly Meta stock dividend will round up to $210.
Meta Platforms dividend profile
The tech company offers investors a relatively modest dividend, with the company’s current yield standing at 0.31%. The company pays dividends quarterly and has increased its payout for one consecutive year.
Meta’s forward payout ratio is 6.22%, meaning only a small portion of its earnings is currently being distributed to shareholders through dividends. Meta’s average price recovery period is also 0.1 days, while the average yield for the technology sector is about 1.37%.
For income-focused investors, Meta’s yield is below that of some major semiconductor peers. Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), for example, currently offers a dividend yield of about 2.0%, substantially above Meta’s 0.31% yield. Qualcomm’s payout ratio is also considerably higher, at about 36.20%.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), however, provides a closer comparison. Namely, Nvidia’s dividend yield is currently about 0.46%, putting it only modestly above Meta’s 0.31%. Furthermore, Nvidia has a payout ratio of about 6.58%, broadly similar to Meta’s low payout level.
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