As the halfway point of the year approaches, this is usually the time when quarterly and half-year dividends get paid.
Five dividends by stocks on the “Top FTSE 100 UK Dividend Paying Stocks” screen were paid last month:
• British American Tobacco, quarterly (60p), paid May 7
• Schroders, final dividend (15p), paid May 8
• Lloyds Banking Group, final dividend (2.11p), paid May 20
• Croda, final dividend (63p), paid May 28
• Reckitt Benckiser, final dividend (121p), paid May 29
Of the 14 stocks on the monthly dividend screen, four more pay dividends in June:
Upcoming UK Dividend Payments in June
• Admiral, June 13
• Unilever, June 13
• Imperial Brands, June 30
• Intertek, June 20
Upcoming UK Dividends in the Third Quarter
• GSK, July 10
• BT, Sept. 10
Admiral
Car insurer Admiral will pay a £1.21 final/special dividend on June 13. Last year the stock paid a dividend of £1.92, including interim, final and special dividends. The company releases interim results for 2025 on Aug. 14.
Unilever
In euro terms, the quarterly payout will be the same at EUR 0.4528 and will be paid on June 13. In sterling terms the dividend will be slightly higher, at 38.87p, because of currency movements at that time- with the euro strengthening. Year over year the payout is higher than Q1 2024, at EUR 0.4528 versus EUR 0.4268.
Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands, the FTSE 100’s other large tobacco stock, pays its dividend quarterly soon: the latest payment was made on March 31 and the next is on June 30, second interim dividend will be Sep 30. Half-year results were on May 14. The half-year dividend was increased to 80.16p, from 44.90p in 2024, while Chief Executive Stefan Bomhard announced his retirement later this year.
Intertek
The quality and safety assurance company will pay its final dividend on June 20 and then its interim dividend on Oct. 7. Half-year results will be published on Aug. 1.
Methodology for UK Dividend Stock Screen
To make it on to our monthly list, FTSE 100 companies need now to have a Narrow or Wide Morningstar Economic Moat Rating, pay a dividend, and have a forward yield of 3% or more. This is below the Bank of England base rate, which stands at 4.25%. We changed our methodology in 2022, introducing a forward dividend yield hurdle of 3%.
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