Does Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) Pay a Dividend? (2026)

Yes. Chunghwa Telecom pays a dividend yielding roughly 3.89% as of August 2026, paid once a year. The most recent payment on record was $1.65 per share with an ex-dividend date of July 9, 2026. That works out to a forward annual rate of about $1.65 per share. Yields move with the share price, so verify the current figure with your broker or CHT's investor relations page before relying on it.

About 3.89% as of August 2026. On a $10,000 position that is roughly $389 of dividend income a year before tax. For context, the S&P 500 yields around 1.2%, so CHT yields meaningfully more 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.

Chunghwa Telecom pays once a year. The most recent payment on record had an ex-dividend date of July 9, 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 CHT's investor relations page, because boards can change both the amount and the timing.

The ex-dividend date recorded in our August 2026 data pull is July 9, 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 CHT's investor relations page for the next confirmed date.

$1.65 per share in the most recent payment (ex-date July 9, 2026), which annualizes to about $1.65 per share. The equivalent payment a year earlier was $1.67. That is a change of -1.0% year over year.

Not in the last year. The latest payment of $1.65 per share is below the $1.67 paid a year earlier. A flat dividend is not necessarily a warning sign, but it does mean the income is losing ground to inflation.

Chunghwa Telecom paid out about 97% of its earnings as dividends, so the dividend absorbs nearly all earnings. There is little cushion at that level: if earnings fall, the company has to fund the payout from cash or debt, or cut it. Check the cash-flow coverage and the trend in earnings before treating the yield as dependable. 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 3.89%, roughly $389 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 CHT 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.

Taiwan withholds tax at ~21% on dividends paid to non-resident shareholders, and the deduction happens before the depositary credits your brokerage account, which is why the ~$1.29 paid in August 2026 is already a net figure. Taiwan and the United States have not had a conventional bilateral income tax treaty, so the usual reduced treaty rate available on many foreign dividends has not applied; legislation to provide treaty-equivalent relief has been under consideration in Congress. US holders have generally claimed the foreign tax credit on Form 1116 in a taxable account, and that credit is typically unavailable inside an IRA, which makes account placement a real consideration for this security.

Several data providers show a payout ratio above 800% for CHT, which is a unit mismatch rather than a distress signal: they divide a USD dividend per ADS by a TWD earnings per ordinary share. Put on a consistent basis, the distribution sits near or slightly above 100% of reported EPS. Free cash flow of roughly ~$1.67B against a total dividend near ~$1.3B, plus a net cash balance sheet with ~$2.45B of cash against ~$1.20B of debt, is the better test of whether the payment is funded.