The firms listed within the German inventory index (Dax) are paying out more cash to their shareholders this 12 months than ever earlier than, regardless of the continuing financial disaster. In whole, the 40 DAX firms pay out 55.3 billion euros in dividends, in response to 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 12 months.
25 of the 40 DAX firms pay extra dividends than in 2025, ten firms pay much less, and in 5 firms 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 12 months, 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 significantly excessive will increase for the shareholders of MTU Aero Engines (plus 64 %), Commerzbank (plus 61 %) and Deutsche Bank (plus 44 %).
Car firms specifically are paying out much less to their shareholders than within the earlier 12 months: Mercedes-Benz is decreasing the dividend quantity by 19 %, Porsche Automobil Holding by 21 % and Porsche AG by 56 %.
According to EY, the data on dividends for many firms continues to be topic to the approval of the upcoming normal conferences.
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