Medtronic (MDT) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2014 - 2026)
Medtronic (MDT) reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $921 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 1.2% from $910 million a year earlier and up 1.4% from the prior quarter.
Medtronic (MDT) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Medtronic's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $3.65 billion, up 1.4% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 24, 2026), it came in at $3.64 billion, up 1.4% from FY2025.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $3.59 billion in FY2025 (-2.1%), $3.67 billion in FY2024 (+1.4%), $3.62 billion in FY2023 (+6.9%) and $3.38 billion in FY2022 (+8.4%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in data going back to fiscal Q1 2015.
- Year over year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 0.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in five years was fiscal Q2 2022 (growth of 8.6%); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a decline of 2.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $908 million (Q4 2026), $911 million (Q3 2026) and $910 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 241.25 Bn | 220.40 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 175.00 Mn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 167.33 Bn | 138.41 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 1.10 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 148.83 Bn | 132.65 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 283.00 Mn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 142.00 Bn | 121.55 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.70 Bn | 76.57 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 921.00 Mn |
| 6 | Stryker | 104.72 Bn | 90.84 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 337.00 Mn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 62.66 Bn | 57.67 Bn | 3.85 Bn | - |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.13 Bn | 33.24 Bn | 1.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.51 Bn | 45.66 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 286.00 Mn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 46.99 Bn | 39.88 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 72.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 921.00 Mn |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 908.00 Mn |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 911.00 Mn |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 910.00 Mn |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 910.00 Mn |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 897.00 Mn |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 897.00 Mn |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 897.00 Mn |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 898.00 Mn |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 913.00 Mn |
| Jan 26, 2024 | 917.00 Mn |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 918.00 Mn |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 918.00 Mn |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 905.00 Mn |
| Jan 27, 2023 | 904.00 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 904.00 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 903.00 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 843.00 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 847.00 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 847.00 Mn |
Medtronic Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=MDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "MDT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=MDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();