Does Bayer AG (BAYRY) Pay a Dividend? (2026)

Yes. Bayer AG pays a dividend yielding roughly 0.26% as of October 2026, paid once a year. The most recent payment on record was $0.0320 per share with an ex-dividend date of April 28, 2026. That works out to a forward annual rate of about $0.0300 per share. Yields move with the share price, so verify the current figure with your broker or BAYRY's investor relations page before relying on it.

About 0.26% as of October 2026. On a $10,000 position that is roughly $26 of dividend income a year before tax. For context, the S&P 500 yields around 1.2%, so BAYRY yields meaningfully less than the broad market. A higher yield is not automatically better: it can reflect a falling share price as easily as a generous payout, so it is worth checking why the number is what it is.

Bayer AG pays once a year. The most recent payment on record had an ex-dividend date of April 28, 2026. To receive a given payment you have to own the shares before the ex-dividend date, not on the pay date. Confirm upcoming dates on BAYRY's investor relations page, because boards can change both the amount and the timing.

The ex-dividend date recorded in our October 2026 data pull is April 28, 2026. The ex-dividend date is the cutoff: buy on or after it and the seller keeps that payment, not you. Buying just before the ex-date to capture the dividend does not create free money, because the share price typically drops by roughly the dividend amount when the stock goes ex. Check BAYRY's investor relations page for the next confirmed date.

$0.0320 per share in the most recent payment (ex-date April 28, 2026), which annualizes to about $0.0300 per share. The equivalent payment a year earlier was $0.0310. That is a change of 3.2% year over year.

Yes. The latest payment of $0.0320 per share is above the $0.0310 paid in the same slot a year earlier, an increase of about 3.2%. One raise is not a policy, though: check the multi-year record on BAYRY's investor relations page, since a long streak of increases is what dividend-growth investors actually look for.

Bayer AG paid out about 171% of reported net income as dividends, which means the dividend was larger than accounting earnings over the period. That sounds alarming and sometimes is, but it is normal and expected for REITs, BDCs, and companies carrying large non-cash charges such as amortization, because those businesses are judged on cash measures (FFO, AFFO, or distributable net investment income) rather than GAAP net income. The useful check for BAYRY is whether the cash-flow measure covers the payout, not the earnings-based ratio. Nobody can guarantee a dividend: boards cut them, and a high yield is sometimes the market pricing in exactly that. Walnut is not an investment adviser and this is not a recommendation.

At a yield of about 0.26%, roughly $26 a year before tax, spread across 1 payment. That is a snapshot, not a promise: the amount changes when the company changes its payout, and your yield on cost is fixed at the price you paid, not at today's price.

Dividends from US common stock are usually qualified, meaning they are taxed at the lower long-term capital-gains rates, provided you held the shares for more than 60 days in the 121-day window around the ex-dividend date. Distributions from REITs, BDCs, and some pass-through structures are generally taxed as ordinary income instead. In an IRA or Roth the question does not arise. See our guide to how dividends are taxed. This is not tax advice.

Most brokers offer automatic reinvestment (a DRIP) that puts each BAYRY payment straight back into more shares, often fractional ones. Reinvesting compounds the position and is the standard choice when you do not need the cash yet. Taking the cash makes sense when you are spending the income or want to direct it elsewhere. Either way the dividend is taxable in a taxable account in the year it is paid, even if you never see the money.

Four BAYRY ADRs represent one Bayer ordinary share, so at ~EUR 44 per share and an exchange rate near $1.11 to $1.12 per euro, each ADR should trade around a quarter of the dollar value of one share, roughly $12. Because the underlying shares are priced in euros, BAYRY moves with both Bayer's share price and the EUR/USD exchange rate: a stronger euro lifts the ADR even if the German shares are flat. Dividends are declared in euros, converted to dollars by the depositary, and subject to German withholding tax (a headline rate of ~26.4%, which US investors may partly reclaim or credit under the US-Germany tax treaty's 15% rate). Depositary fees may also be deducted. OTC trading volume is thinner than in Frankfurt, so spreads can be wider.

Yes, but it is small. Bayer cut its dividend to EUR 0.11 per share, the minimum required under German corporate law, starting with the payment for fiscal 2023, and has held it there while it directs cash to litigation settlements and debt reduction. At a share price around EUR 44 that is a yield well below 1%. For BAYRY holders, each ADR represents a quarter of a share, so the gross dividend per ADR is roughly EUR 0.0275 before conversion to dollars, German withholding tax and any depositary fees. Bayer pays once a year, typically in late April or early May after its annual general meeting. Management has tied any increase to deleveraging progress.