SN.LSE
Smith & Nephew PLC
Price history
Key metrics
Smith & Nephew PLC has paid a dividend for 37 consecutive years and currently yields 2.62%, in line with its five year average. Its payout ratio is 55%. Dividend Health rates it Very safe at 85 out of 99, with high confidence.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026
Next dividend
Per share
$0.156
Frequency
Interim
Declared
4 Aug 2026
Ex-date
1 Oct 2026
26 days ago
Pay date
6 Nov 2026
in 10 days
Dividend health
Confidence High · Defensive profile · as of 27 Oct 2026
Total return
£10,000 invested is £12,113 today: -£393 from the share price and £2,506 from dividends reinvested.
Total return +21.13%. Price alone returned -3.93% 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
Volume: median shares per session over the last 20 sessions. Closes as of 26 Oct 2026. Regular trading hours in your time zone.
Smith & Nephew plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management. It offers knee implant products for knee replacement procedures; hip implants for revision procedures; trauma and extremities products that include internal and external devices used in the stabilization of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and other reconstruction products. The company also provides sports medicine joint repair products comprise instruments, technologies, and implants to perform minimally invasive surgery, as well as treating soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip, and small joints. In addition, it provides arthroscopic enabling technologies comprising fluid management equipment for surgical access, cameras, digital image capture, scopes, light sources, and monitors to assist with visualization inside the joints, radio frequency, electromechanical and mechanical tissue resection devices, and hand instruments for removing damaged tissue; and ear, nose, and throat solutions. Further, the company offers advanced wound care products for the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic wounds, leg, diabetic and pressure ulcers, burns, and post-operative wounds; advanced wound bioactives, such as biologics and other bioactive technologies for debridement and dermal repair/regeneration, and regenerative medicine products, including skin, bone graft, and articular cartilage substitutes; and advanced wound devices, such as traditional and single-use negative pressure wound therapy, and hydrosurgery systems. It serves the healthcare providers. Smith & Nephew plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.
Annual dividends per share
Declared in USD, shown in GBP. Growth rates and the streak are calculated on the declared USD amounts, so they will not match year on year changes in the converted figures. Based on SN.LSE's fiscal years ending in December.
Dividend Policy
We have a progressive dividend policy and from 2025 onwards we expect a payout of around 35% to 40% of EPSA.
Dividend History
| Ex-Date | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Oct 272027-10-04 | £0.1169 | Estimated |
| 29 Mar 272027-03-29 | £0.1806 | Estimated |
| 01 Oct 262026-10-01 | £0.1181 | Pending |
| 26 Mar 262026-03-26 | £0.1809 | Paid |
| 02 Oct 252025-10-02 | £0.1116 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 252025-03-27 | £0.1785 | Paid |
| 03 Oct 242024-10-03 | £0.1097 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 242024-03-28 | £0.1830 | Paid |
| 05 Oct 232023-10-05 | £0.1181 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 232023-03-30 | £0.1864 | Paid |
| 29 Sept 222022-09-29 | £0.1310 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 222022-03-31 | £0.1758 | Paid |
| 30 Sept 212021-09-30 | £0.1067 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 212021-04-01 | £0.1677 | Paid |
| 01 Oct 202020-10-01 | £0.1119 | Paid |
| 02 Apr 202020-04-02 | £0.1848 | Paid |
| 03 Oct 192019-10-03 | £0.1168 | Paid |
| 04 Apr 192019-04-04 | £0.1678 | Paid |
| 04 Oct 182018-10-04 | £0.1079 | Paid |
| 05 Apr 182018-04-05 | £0.1615 | Paid |
| 05 Oct 172017-10-05 | £0.0934 | Paid |
| 30 Mar 172017-03-30 | £0.1472 | Paid |
| 06 Oct 162016-10-06 | £0.0970 | Paid |
| 21 Apr 162016-04-21 | £0.1325 | Paid |
| 08 Oct 152015-10-08 | £0.0771 | Paid |
| 16 Apr 152015-04-16 | £0.1255 | Paid |
| 23 Oct 142014-10-23 | £0.0686 | Paid |
| 16 Apr 142014-04-16 | £0.1012 | Paid |
| 09 Oct 132013-10-09 | £0.0648 | Paid |
| 17 Apr 132013-04-17 | £0.1051 | Paid |
| 10 Oct 122012-10-10 | £0.0619 | Paid |
| 18 Apr 122012-04-18 | £0.0673 | Paid |
| 12 Oct 112011-10-12 | £0.0423 | Paid |
| 27 Apr 112011-04-27 | £0.0594 | Paid |
| 13 Oct 102010-10-13 | £0.0379 | Paid |
| 21 Apr 102010-04-21 | £0.0580 | Paid |
| 14 Oct 092009-10-14 | £0.0342 | Paid |
| 15 Apr 092009-04-15 | £0.0542 | Paid |
| 15 Oct 082008-10-15 | £0.0289 | Paid |
| 16 Apr 082008-04-16 | £0.0374 | Paid |
| 17 Oct 072007-10-17 | £0.0221 | Paid |
| 18 Apr 072007-04-18 | £0.0334 | Paid |
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