Shareholders profit: Despite the disaster, DAX corporations are paying extra dividends than ever | EUROtoday

The corporations listed within the German inventory index (Dax) are paying out more cash to their shareholders this yr than ever earlier than, regardless of the continued financial disaster. In complete, the 40 DAX corporations pay out 55.3 billion euros in dividends, based on an evaluation revealed on Sunday by the consulting agency EY. This corresponds to three.1 billion euros or 5.9 % extra in comparison with the earlier yr.

25 of the 40 DAX corporations pay extra dividends than in 2025, ten corporations pay much less, and in 5 corporations the dividend quantity stays the identical. Only one firm doesn’t pay a dividend.

According to EY, the insurance coverage group Allianz is the biggest dividend payer with 6.5 billion euros, as within the earlier yr, which corresponds to a rise of 9 %. Behind it’s Deutsche Telekom, which pays out 4.8 billion euros (plus ten %) to its shareholders. There are notably excessive will increase for the shareholders of MTU Aero Engines (plus 64 %), Commerzbank (plus 61 %) and Deutsche Bank (plus 44 %).

Car corporations specifically are paying out much less to their shareholders than within the earlier yr: Mercedes-Benz is decreasing the dividend quantity by 19 %, Porsche Automobil Holding by 21 % and Porsche AG by 56 %.

According to EY, the knowledge on dividends for many corporations remains to be topic to the approval of the upcoming common conferences.