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CVS Dividend History

CVS Health Corporation · every payment since 1985

As of Oct 12, 2026, CVS Health Corporation (CVS) has paid 168 dividends since 1985. The most recent was $0.6650 per share (ex-date Jul 23, 2026, paid Aug 3, 2026). Over the last 12 months CVS paid $2.6600 across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 3.09%. The average of the last 2 regular payments is +0.0% versus the 2 before.

Latest dividend

$0.6650

Last ex-date

Jul 23, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$2.66

Trailing yield

3.09%

Frequency

Quarterly

Growth streak

0 yrs

Key facts: CVS dividend history

Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data

  • As of Oct 12, 2026, SmarterDividends has 168 dividend payments on record for CVS Health Corporation (CVS), going back to 1985.
  • CVS's most recent dividend was $0.67 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Jul 23, 2026 and a pay date of Aug 3, 2026.
  • In the 12 months to Oct 12, 2026, CVS paid $2.66 per share in dividends across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 3.09%.
  • CVS's most recent dividend increase took effect with the Jan 19, 2024 ex-date, a 9.9% rise to $0.67 per share.
  • CVS's most recent dividend cut took effect with the Jul 19, 2005 ex-date, a 1.4% reduction to $0.0360 per share.
  • CVS paid $2.66 per share in dividends in calendar year 2025, up 0.0% from 2024.
Cite this page

SmarterDividends, "CVS Dividend History: Every Payment, Dates & Yield," updated Oct 12, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/CVS/dividend-history

What the record shows

CVS has paid on a quarterly schedule since dividends began in 1985, but its dividend has not increased recently. The Healthcare stock has made 168 payments across that history.

Over the last 12 months, CVS made four payments totaling $2.66 per share, with a trailing yield of 3.03%. The latest payment was $0.665 per share, unchanged from the immediately preceding payment, while the average for the recent period matched the prior period.

Annual totals were flat in 2020 and 2021, rose in each of the next three years, and held flat again in 2025. The final flat year left CVS with no current annual dividend growth streak. The most recent annual cut occurred in 1996, and its dividend safety grade is A.

By SmarterDividends Team · written from the payment record on this page · updated Sep 29, 2026 · editorial policy

Dividends versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

3.41%

of price a year ago

Price change

+10.6%

$77.90 → $86.16

Approx. total return

+14.0%

before taxes

Total return adds dividends received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

CVS dividends per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent dividend amounts

Last 24 regular payments, per share

CVS dividend history by year

YearPaymentsTotal per shareChange
2026year to date3$1.9950—
20254$2.6600+0.0%
20244$2.6600+9.9%
20234$2.4200+10.0%
20224$2.2000+10.0%
20214$2.0000+0.0%
20204$2.0000+0.0%
20194$2.0000+0.0%
20184$2.0000+0.0%
20174$2.0000+17.6%
20164$1.7000+21.4%
20154$1.4000+27.3%
20144$1.1000+22.2%
20134$0.9000+38.0%
20124$0.6520+30.4%
20114$0.5000+42.0%
20104$0.3520+15.8%
20094$0.3040+17.8%
20084$0.2580+12.7%
20074$0.2290+46.8%
20064$0.1560+7.6%
20054$0.1450+8.6%
20044$0.1335+15.1%
20034$0.1160+0.0%
20024$0.1160+0.0%
20014$0.1160+0.0%
20004$0.1160+0.0%
19994$0.1160+2.7%
19984$0.1130+133.0%
19974$0.0485-96.9%
19965timing$1.5645+311.7%
19954$0.3800+0.0%
19944$0.3800+0.0%
19934$0.3800+2.7%
19924$0.3700+2.8%
19914$0.3600+1.4%
19904$0.3550+9.2%
19894$0.3250+23.8%
19884$0.2625+19.3%
19874$0.2200+12.8%
19864$0.1950+8.3%
19854$0.1800—

Every CVS dividend

29 raises · 4 cuts · 1 specials
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountChangeType
Jul 23, 2026Aug 3, 2026$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 23, 2026May 4, 2026$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 22, 2026Feb 2, 2026$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 23, 2025Nov 3, 2025$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2025Aug 1, 2025$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2025May 1, 2025$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 23, 2025Feb 3, 2025$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 2024Nov 1, 2024$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2024Aug 1, 2024$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2024May 1, 2024$0.6650+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2024Feb 1, 2024$0.6650+9.9%Raise
Oct 19, 2023Nov 1, 2023$0.6050+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2023Aug 1, 2023$0.6050+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2023May 1, 2023$0.6050+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2023Feb 1, 2023$0.6050+10.0%Raise
Oct 20, 2022Nov 1, 2022$0.5500+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 2022Aug 1, 2022$0.5500+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 2022May 2, 2022$0.5500+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2022Feb 1, 2022$0.5500+10.0%Raise
Oct 21, 2021Nov 1, 2021$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2021Aug 2, 2021$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2021May 3, 2021$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2021Feb 1, 2021$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 2020Nov 2, 2020$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2020Aug 3, 2020$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2020May 4, 2020$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 22, 2020Feb 3, 2020$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 23, 2019Nov 4, 2019$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 24, 2019Aug 2, 2019$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2019May 3, 2019$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 24, 2019Feb 4, 2019$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 23, 2018Nov 1, 2018$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 24, 2018Aug 1, 2018$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2018May 3, 2018$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 23, 2018Feb 2, 2018$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 23, 2017Nov 3, 2017$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2017Aug 3, 2017$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2017May 1, 2017$0.5000+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2017Feb 2, 2017$0.5000+17.6%Raise
Oct 20, 2016Nov 3, 2016$0.4250+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2016Aug 1, 2016$0.4250+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2016May 2, 2016$0.4250+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2016Feb 2, 2016$0.4250+21.4%Raise
Oct 20, 2015Nov 2, 2015$0.3500+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 2015Aug 3, 2015$0.3500+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 22, 2015May 4, 2015$0.3500+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2015Feb 2, 2015$0.3500+27.3%Raise
Oct 21, 2014Nov 3, 2014$0.2750+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2014Aug 1, 2014$0.2750+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 17, 2014May 2, 2014$0.2750+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2014Feb 3, 2014$0.2750+22.2%Raise
Oct 17, 2013Nov 1, 2013$0.2250+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 2013Aug 2, 2013$0.2250+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2013May 3, 2013$0.2250+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 22, 2013Feb 4, 2013$0.2250+38.0%Raise
Oct 18, 2012Nov 2, 2012$0.1630+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2012Aug 3, 2012$0.1630+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2012May 3, 2012$0.1630+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2012Feb 2, 2012$0.1630+30.4%Raise
Oct 19, 2011Nov 1, 2011$0.1250+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2011Aug 2, 2011$0.1250+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2011May 3, 2011$0.1250+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2011Feb 2, 2011$0.1250+42.0%Raise
Oct 20, 2010Nov 2, 2010$0.0880+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2010Aug 2, 2010$0.0880+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 2010May 4, 2010$0.0880+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2010Feb 2, 2010$0.0880+15.8%Raise
Oct 20, 2009Nov 3, 2009$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 2009Aug 3, 2009$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2009May 4, 2009$0.0760+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2009Feb 3, 2009$0.0760+10.1%Raise
Oct 17, 2008Nov 3, 2008$0.0690+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2008Aug 1, 2008$0.0690+15.0%Raise
Apr 17, 2008May 2, 2008$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 17, 2008Feb 1, 2008$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 18, 2007Nov 2, 2007$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2007Aug 3, 2007$0.0600+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2007May 4, 2007$0.0600+22.4%Raise
Jan 18, 2007Feb 2, 2007$0.0490+25.6%Raise
Oct 18, 2006Nov 1, 2006$0.0390+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2006Aug 1, 2006$0.0390+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2006May 3, 2006$0.0390+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2006Feb 3, 2006$0.0390+8.3%Raise
Oct 19, 2005Nov 1, 2005$0.0360+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2005Aug 1, 2005$0.0360-1.4%Cut
Apr 20, 2005May 2, 2005$0.0365+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2005Feb 4, 2005$0.0365+7.4%Raise
Oct 20, 2004Nov 1, 2004$0.0340+3.0%Raise
Jul 20, 2004Aug 2, 2004$0.0330+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 2004May 3, 2004$0.0330-1.5%Cut
Jan 20, 2004Feb 3, 2004$0.0335+15.5%Raise
Oct 17, 2003Oct 31, 2003$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 2003Aug 1, 2003$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 17, 2003May 2, 2003$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 2003Feb 4, 2003$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 17, 2002Nov 1, 2002$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 2002Aug 2, 2002$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2002May 3, 2002$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 18, 2002Feb 5, 2002$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 18, 2001Nov 2, 2001$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 2001Aug 3, 2001$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2001May 4, 2001$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 2001Feb 5, 2001$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 19, 2000Nov 3, 2000$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 2000Aug 4, 2000$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2000May 4, 2000$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 2000Feb 4, 2000$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 20, 1999Nov 3, 1999$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1999Aug 3, 1999$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 1999May 4, 1999$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 1999Feb 3, 1999$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 1998Nov 2, 1998$0.0290+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 21, 1998Aug 1, 1998$0.0290+5.5%Raise
Apr 21, 1998May 1, 1998$0.0275+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 1998Feb 2, 1998$0.0275+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 1997Nov 1, 1997$0.0275+292.9%Raise
Jul 21, 1997Aug 1, 1997$0.0070+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 21, 1997May 1, 1997$0.0070+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 21, 1997Feb 1, 1997$0.0070+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 1996—$0.0070-74.5%Cut
Oct 16, 1996Nov 1, 1996$1.4750—Special
Jul 19, 1996Aug 1, 1996$0.0275+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 1996May 1, 1996$0.0275+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 1996Feb 1, 1996$0.0275-71.1%Cut
Oct 20, 1995Nov 1, 1995$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1995Aug 1, 1995$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 1995May 1, 1995$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 18, 1995Feb 1, 1995$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 18, 1994Nov 1, 1994$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 1994Aug 1, 1994$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 1994May 1, 1994$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 18, 1994Feb 1, 1994$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 19, 1993Nov 1, 1993$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1993Aug 1, 1993$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 1993May 1, 1993$0.0950+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 1993Feb 1, 1993$0.0950+2.7%Raise
Oct 20, 1992Nov 1, 1992$0.0925+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1992Aug 1, 1992$0.0925+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 1992May 1, 1992$0.0925+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 14, 1992Feb 1, 1992$0.0925+2.8%Raise
Oct 16, 1991Nov 1, 1991$0.0900+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 1991Aug 1, 1991$0.0900+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 1991May 1, 1991$0.0900+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 15, 1991Feb 1, 1991$0.0900+1.4%Raise
Oct 18, 1990Nov 1, 1990$0.0888+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 1990Aug 1, 1990$0.0888+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 1990May 1, 1990$0.0888+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 16, 1990Feb 1, 1990$0.0888+9.2%Raise
Oct 18, 1989Nov 1, 1989$0.0813+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 18, 1989Aug 1, 1989$0.0813+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 18, 1989May 1, 1989$0.0813+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 17, 1989Feb 1, 1989$0.0813+23.8%Raise
Oct 18, 1988Nov 1, 1988$0.0656+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 19, 1988Aug 1, 1988$0.0656+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 19, 1988May 1, 1988$0.0656+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 19, 1988Feb 1, 1988$0.0656+19.3%Raise
Oct 20, 1987Nov 1, 1987$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 20, 1987Aug 1, 1987$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 1987May 1, 1987$0.0550+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 20, 1987Feb 1, 1987$0.0550+12.8%Raise
Oct 15, 1986—$0.0488+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 1986—$0.0488+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 15, 1986—$0.0488+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 17, 1986—$0.0488+8.3%Raise
Oct 21, 1985—$0.0450+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 17, 1985—$0.0450+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 16, 1985—$0.0450+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 16, 1985—$0.0450—First

CVS dividend history — FAQ

How much is CVS's dividend?

As of Oct 12, 2026, CVS's most recent dividend was $0.6650 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Jul 23, 2026 and a pay date of Aug 3, 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.6600 per share across 4 payments, a trailing yield of 3.09%.

How often does CVS pay a dividend?

CVS Health Corporation pays on a quarterly schedule. It made 4 payments in the last 12 months and 4 in 2025.

When is CVS's next dividend?

As of Oct 12, 2026, the next CVS ex-dividend date on record is Oct 22, 2026, payable Nov 2, 2026. Shares must be owned before the ex-dividend date to receive it.

Has CVS ever cut its dividend?

Yes. Our payment-by-payment record shows 4 regular payments lower than the one before it; the most recent annual reduction was in 1996.

How much did CVS pay in dividends in 2025?

CVS paid $2.6600 per share across 4 payments in 2025, up 0.0% from 2024.

What was CVS's total return including dividends over the last year?

Over the 12 months to Oct 12, 2026, CVS paid $2.6600 per share, 3.41% of its price a year earlier, while its price moved +10.6%. That is an approximate total return of +14.0% before taxes and reinvestment.

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Amounts are per share and adjusted for stock splits, so early payments appear smaller than the cash paid at the time; a year with an extra or missing ex-date shows as a jump in the annual table. Change compares each regular payment with the previous regular one; payments of at least 2.5 times the recent median are treated as specials. Data refreshes daily; informational only, not investment advice. Back to CVS