IMB.LSE
Imperial Brands PLC
Price history
Key metrics
Imperial Brands PLC has paid a dividend for 29 consecutive years and currently yields 5.70%, below its five year average. Its payout ratio is 61%. Dividend Health rates it Safe at 75 out of 99, with high confidence.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026
Next dividend
Per share
£0.4008
Frequency
Interim
Declared
—
Ex-date
25 Nov 2026
in 29 days
Pay date
4 Jan 2027
estimated
Dividend health
Confidence High · Defensive profile · as of 27 Oct 2026
Total return
£10,000 invested is £14,876 today: -£2,752 from the share price and £7,628 from dividends reinvested.
Total return +48.76%. Price alone returned -27.52% over the same window.
Assumes every dividend is reinvested on its ex-dividend date, before tax and dealing costs.
How it compares
Where it trades
Same company, 2 securities
Each has its own ISIN. Currency, dividends and tax withholding can differ, and one unit is not always one share.
Volume: median shares per session over the last 20 sessions. Closes as of 26 Oct 2026. Regular trading hours in your time zone.
Imperial Brands PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally. It offers a range of cigarettes, tobacco accessories, vapour, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine. The company sells its products under various brands, including JPS, Davidoff, Gauloises, West, Winston, Kool, Lambert & Butler, P&S, Fortuna, Nobel, News, Backwoods, Champion, Golden Virginia, FINE, Rizla, Blu, Pulze, Skruf, and Zone. In addition, it engages in the distribution of tobacco and NGP products for tobacco and NGP product manufacturers; and various non-tobacco and NGP products and services. Further, the company is involved in the management of a golf course; distribution of pharmaceuticals, POS software, and published materials and other products; printing and publishing activities; and provision of long haul transportation, industrial parcel and express delivery, pharmaceutical products logistics, advertising, payment, freight forwarding, and support management services, as well as owns the trademarks; and retails its products. Additionally, it engages in edition and distribution of books and non-periodical publication. Furthermore, the company is involved in research and development of e-vapour products. The company was formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC and changed its name to Imperial Brands PLC in February 2016. Imperial Brands PLC was founded in 1636 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.
Annual dividends per share
Dividends paid in GBP · based on IMB.LSE's fiscal years ending in September
Dividend Policy
We will continue to deploy our capital in line with our transparent and well-established framework. We have four priorities: invest behind our strategy to drive sustainable growth; maintain a strong and efficient balance sheet, with year end leverage at the lower end of our 2.0 to 2.5 times net debt to EBITDA range; a progressive dividend per share policy, reflecting the underlying growth of the business; and finally, return surplus capital to shareholders.
Dividend History
| Ex-Date | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 272027-05-24 | £0.4168 | Estimated |
| 17 Feb 272027-02-17 | £0.4008 | Estimated |
| 25 Nov 262026-11-25 | £0.4008 | Estimated |
| 20 Aug 262026-08-20 | £0.4168 | Paid |
| 21 May 262026-05-21 | £0.4168 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 262026-02-19 | £0.4008 | Paid |
| 27 Nov 252025-11-27 | £0.4008 | Paid |
| 21 Aug 252025-08-21 | £0.4008 | Paid |
| 22 May 252025-05-22 | £0.4008 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 252025-02-20 | £0.5426 | Paid |
| 28 Nov 242024-11-28 | £0.5426 | Paid |
| 22 Aug 242024-08-22 | £0.2245 | Paid |
| 23 May 242024-05-23 | £0.2245 | Paid |
| 15 Feb 242024-02-15 | £0.5182 | Paid |
| 23 Nov 232023-11-23 | £0.5182 | Paid |
| 17 Aug 232023-08-17 | £0.2159 | Paid |
| 25 May 232023-05-25 | £0.2159 | Paid |
| 16 Feb 232023-02-16 | £0.4932 | Paid |
| 24 Nov 222022-11-24 | £0.4931 | Paid |
| 18 Aug 222022-08-18 | £0.2127 | Paid |
| 26 May 222022-05-26 | £0.2127 | Paid |
| 17 Feb 222022-02-17 | £0.4848 | Paid |
| 25 Nov 212021-11-25 | £0.4848 | Paid |
| 19 Aug 212021-08-19 | £0.2106 | Paid |
| 27 May 212021-05-27 | £0.2106 | Paid |
| 18 Feb 212021-02-18 | £0.4801 | Paid |
| 26 Nov 202020-11-26 | £0.4800 | Paid |
| 20 Aug 202020-08-20 | £0.2085 | Paid |
| 28 May 202020-05-28 | £0.2085 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 202020-02-20 | £0.7201 | Paid |
| 21 Nov 192019-11-21 | £0.7200 | Paid |
| 22 Aug 192019-08-22 | £0.3128 | Paid |
| 23 May 192019-05-23 | £0.3128 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 192019-02-21 | £0.6546 | Paid |
| 22 Nov 182018-11-22 | £0.6546 | Paid |
| 23 Aug 182018-08-23 | £0.2844 | Paid |
| 24 May 182018-05-24 | £0.2844 | Paid |
| 22 Feb 182018-02-22 | £0.5951 | Paid |
| 16 Nov 172017-11-16 | £0.5951 | Paid |
| 17 Aug 172017-08-17 | £0.2585 | Paid |
| 18 May 172017-05-18 | £0.2585 | Paid |
| 16 Feb 172017-02-16 | £0.5410 | Paid |
| 17 Nov 162016-11-17 | £0.5410 | Paid |
Fiscal year ends in September.
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