National Grid plc dividends
National Grid paid GBP 1.6B to shareholders in FY2026, 50% of its profit. Figures are in pounds sterling.
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- Dividend per share is the cash a company pays for each share, added up for each fiscal year.
- A company listed abroad files one annual report a year with the SEC. Its figures here are in pounds sterling, per ordinary share; one US-listed share stands for 5 ordinary shares, as that report states them.
- Payout is the share of profit, or of free cash flow, paid out. Below 100% the dividend is covered; above it the company paid more than it made that year.
- A dividend that grows year after year is often a sign of a steady business.
Cash paid to shareholders
GBPNational Grid paid GBP 1.6B in dividends in FY2026, against GBP 1.3B in FY2016.
The dividends National Grid paid in cash each fiscal year, from its cash flow statement, in pounds sterling.
How much of earnings it pays out
share of each yearThe dividend took more than the year's profit in 1 year (FY2018).
The share of each year's net profit (blue) and free cash flow (green) paid as dividends, both in the company's own currency. The dashed line is 100%: above it, the company paid more than it made that year. Values above 400% sit on the top edge.
How it compares
every company on the siteThe bar ranks every company on the site from the lowest on the left to the highest on the right, in three equal thirds; the small figures under it are the values where each third starts, and the black tick is the middle company. The orange dot is this company; the grey ticks are the other companies in its industry (hover or tap for names). A hatched block is companies tied at none.
Every year as a table
Dividends by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Dividend per share | Dividends paid | Of net profit | Of free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | n/a | GBP 1,623 million | 50% | n/a |
| FY2025 | GBP 0.5496 | GBP 1,529 million | 53% | n/a |
| FY2024 | GBP 0.57 | GBP 1,718 million | 75% | 4909% |
| FY2023 | GBP 0.516 | GBP 1,607 million | 21% | 280% |
| FY2022 | GBP 0.4937 | GBP 922 million | 39% | 78% |
| FY2021 | GBP 0.49 | GBP 1,413 million | 86% | 561% |
| FY2020 | GBP 0.4783 | GBP 892 million | 71% | 273% |
| FY2019 | GBP 0.4652 | GBP 1,160 million | 77% | 170% |
| FY2018 | GBP 1.2896 | GBP 4,487 million | 126% | 586% |
| FY2017 | GBP 0.4351 | GBP 1,463 million | 19% | 76% |
| FY2016 | GBP 43.16 | GBP 1,337 million | 52% | 53% |