Dividend week ahead: 26–30 October 2026
Published 23 October 2026, from data as of 23 October 2026
42 of the stocks and ETFs we track go ex-dividend between Monday 26 and Friday 30 October. This week our data picked up 7 dividend raises and 0 cuts. The US 10-year Treasury yields 4.96%, down 13 basis points on the week.
Longest dividend records going ex-dividend next week
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- Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN): yield 4.01%, 68 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- The Clorox Company (CLX): yield 5.64%, 47 years of increases. Ex-dividend Wed 28 Oct.
- NNN REIT, Inc. (NNN): yield 5.99%, 35 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): yield 0.93%, 31 years of increases. Ex-dividend Mon 26 Oct.
- A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS): yield 2.43%, 30 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Realty Income Corporation (O): yield 5.71%, 27 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): yield 6.13%, 26 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Casey's General Stores, Inc. (CASY): yield 0.37%, 26 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (ITX.MC): yield 1.16%, 25 years of increases. Ex-dividend Thu 29 Oct.
- Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT): yield 3.04%, 22 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
Highest yields going ex-dividend next week
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- AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC): yield 16.20%. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC): yield 13.41%. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (VRTS): yield 8.01%, 8 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (FCPT): yield 6.88%, 9 years of increases. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
- EPR Properties (EPR): yield 6.60%. Ex-dividend Fri 30 Oct.
Results due next week
347 of the companies we track are expected to report. The largest, with analysts' average earnings-per-share forecast:
- Visa Inc. (V): Tue 27 Oct. EPS forecast $3.43.
- The Coca-Cola Company (KO): Tue 27 Oct. EPS forecast $0.88.
- Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL): Wed 28 Oct. EPS forecast $2.99.
- Alphabet Inc. (GOOG): Wed 28 Oct. EPS forecast $2.99.
- Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Wed 28 Oct. EPS forecast $4.72.
- Eli Lilly and Company (LLY): Thu 29 Oct. EPS forecast $7.11.
- Mastercard Incorporated (MA): Thu 29 Oct. EPS forecast $5.16.
- Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK): Thu 29 Oct. EPS forecast $2.09.
- Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): Thu 29 Oct. EPS forecast $7.03.
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (XOM): Fri 30 Oct. EPS forecast $4.04.
- AbbVie Inc. (ABBV): Fri 30 Oct. EPS forecast $3.79.
- Chevron Corporation (CVX): Fri 30 Oct. EPS forecast $4.82.
Dividend changes this week
New payments our data picked up in the last seven days, compared with the previous regular payment (or the same payment a year earlier for twice-yearly payers).
- City Holding Company (CHCO): raised 14.9% to $1.00 per share (from $0.87).
- American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG): raised 10.2% to $0.97 per share (from $0.88).
- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC): raised 7.1% to $0.75 per share (from $0.70).
- RPM International Inc. (RPM): raised 5.6% to $0.57 per share (from $0.54).
- Tesco PLC (TSCO.L): paid 5.2% more: 5.05p per share (from 4.80p).
- Quaker Chemical Corporation (KWR): raised 4.3% to $0.53 per share (from $0.508).
- Spirax Group plc (SPX.L): paid 3.1% more: 50.40p per share (from 48.90p).
- Smiths Group plc (SMIN.L): special dividend of 33.50p per share.
- EMCOR Group, Inc. (EME): special dividend of $0.40 per share.
10-year government bond yields
Change against the figure we had a week earlier, in basis points (0.01 percentage points).
- United States: 4.96% (-13 bp on the week), as of Thu 22 Oct
- Germany: 3.44% (-4 bp on the week), as of Thu 22 Oct
- United Kingdom: 5.368% (-1 bp on the week), as of Wed 21 Oct
- Japan: 2.914% (-3 bp on the week), as of Thu 22 Oct
- France: 4.44% (0 bp on the week), as of Wed 30 Sept
- Italy: 4.362% (0 bp on the week), as of Wed 30 Sept
- Canada: 3.9% (+7 bp on the week), as of Wed 21 Oct
- Australia: 5.277% (-4 bp on the week), as of Wed 21 Oct
- Switzerland: 0.586% (0 bp on the week), as of Wed 30 Sept
By the numbers
- 46 Dividend Kings (50+ years of increases), average yield 2.73%.
- 144 companies with 25+ years of increases.
- 1,176 dividend stocks and ETFs tracked.
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