Medtronic PLC (MDT) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 179 recorded MDT dividend payments, running from January 4, 1982 to June 26, 2026 — 45 calendar years. Together those payments total $35.74 per share. MDT has most often paid quarterly.

MDT has increased its payment rate for 43 consecutive complete years.

Over the last five complete years the MDT payment rate compounded at +4.1% a year, and +6.5% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

Across 45 years of recorded history, MDT's payment rate has never fallen materially from one complete year to the next.

MDT dividends by year

YearTotal paid per sharePaymentsMedian paymentGrowth
2025$2.834$0.710+1.4%
2024$2.794$0.700+1.4%
2023$2.754$0.690+1.5%
2022$2.674$0.680+7.9%
2021$2.474$0.630+8.6%
2020$2.284$0.580+7.4%
2019$2.124$0.540
2018$1.463 (timing)$0.500
2017$1.814$0.460+7.0%
2016$1.674$0.430+13.2%
2015$1.444$0.380+24.6%
2014$1.194$0.305+8.9%
2013$1.104$0.280
2012$1.275 (timing)$0.260
2011$0.9364$0.234+8.8%
2010$0.8604$0.215
2009$0.5983 (timing)$0.205
2008$0.8145 (timing)$0.188
2007$0.4704$0.117+14.1%
2006$0.4124$0.103+13.8%
2005$0.3614$0.0905
2004$0.2433 (timing)$0.0850
2003$0.2824$0.0730
2002$0.3005 (timing)$0.0580
2001$0.2164$0.0540
2000$0.1815 (timing)$0.0400
1999$0.1454$0.0363+20.8%
1998$0.1204$0.0300+17.1%
1997$0.1024$0.0256+28.1%
1996$0.08004$0.0200
1995$0.04523 (timing)$0.0163
1994$0.05965 (timing)$0.0127
1993$0.03884$0.0097+19.2%
1992$0.03254$0.0081+16.9%
1991$0.02864$0.0070+17.1%
1990$0.02384$0.0059+16.9%
1989$0.02034$0.0051+16.1%
1988$0.01754$0.0044+16.7%
1987$0.01504$0.0038+14.3%
1986$0.01314$0.0033+7.7%
1985$0.01224$0.0030+5.4%
1984$0.01164$0.0029+8.8%
1983$0.01064$0.0027+13.3%
1982$0.00944$0.0023

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than MDT's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent MDT dividend payments

Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
June 26, 2026$0.720
March 27, 2026$0.710
December 26, 2025$0.710
September 26, 2025$0.710
June 27, 2025$0.710
March 28, 2025$0.700
December 27, 2024$0.700
September 27, 2024$0.700
June 28, 2024$0.700
March 21, 2024$0.690
December 19, 2023$0.690
September 21, 2023$0.690
June 22, 2023$0.690
March 23, 2023$0.680
December 20, 2022$0.680
September 22, 2022$0.680
June 23, 2022$0.680
March 24, 2022$0.630
December 21, 2021$0.630
September 23, 2021$0.630
June 24, 2021$0.630
March 25, 2021$0.580
December 21, 2020$0.580
September 24, 2020$0.580
June 25, 2020$0.580
March 26, 2020$0.540
December 26, 2019$0.540
September 26, 2019$0.540
July 5, 2019$0.540
March 21, 2019$0.500
December 27, 2018$0.500
July 5, 2018$0.500
March 22, 2018$0.460
December 28, 2017$0.460
September 28, 2017$0.460
July 5, 2017$0.460
March 22, 2017$0.430
December 21, 2016$0.430
September 27, 2016$0.430
July 6, 2016$0.430
March 22, 2016$0.380
December 22, 2015$0.380
September 23, 2015$0.380
June 25, 2015$0.380
March 26, 2015$0.305
December 30, 2014$0.305
October 1, 2014$0.305
July 1, 2014$0.305
April 2, 2014$0.280
December 31, 2013$0.280
October 2, 2013$0.280
July 2, 2013$0.280
April 3, 2013$0.260
December 13, 2012$0.260
October 3, 2012$0.260
July 3, 2012$0.260
April 3, 2012$0.243
January 4, 2012$0.243
October 5, 2011$0.243
July 6, 2011$0.243

Showing the 60 most recent of 179 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

MDT dividend history questions

How many dividends has MDT paid?

DivTrkr has 179 recorded MDT dividend payments between January 4, 1982 and June 26, 2026, totalling $35.74 per share across 45 calendar years.

Has MDT ever cut its dividend?

Not in the history DivTrkr holds. Across 45 years of recorded payments the per-payment rate has never fallen by a material amount from one complete year to the next.

How fast is the MDT dividend growing?

The MDT payment rate compounded at +4.1% a year over the last five complete years and +6.5% a year over the last ten.

How often does MDT pay a dividend?

MDT has most often paid quarterly — 4 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current MDT dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track MDT free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.