Does Equitable Holdings (EQH) Pay a Dividend? (2026)
Last updated July 2026
Short answer
Yes. Equitable Holdings (EQH) pays a dividend yielding about 2.22% as of August 2026, paid quarterly, four times a year. The latest payment on record was $0.30 per share, ex-dividend August 3, 2026. The forward annual rate is roughly $1.14 per share, about $222 a year on a $10,000 position before tax. The payout takes about 77% of earnings. Figures are approximate and dated; verify the current number with your broker.
Does Equitable Holdings (EQH) pay a dividend?
Yes. Equitable Holdings distributes a dividend yielding roughly 2.22% as of August 2026, paid quarterly, four times a year. The most recent payment on record was $0.30 per share, with an ex-dividend date of August 3, 2026. Annualized, that is about $1.14 per share.
At about $51.87 the stock sits near seven to eight times its second quarter operating earnings annualized, the kind of multiple annuity writers usually carry because their GAAP results swing with hedging rather than with the business. The gap between $488 million of operating profit and a $453 million net loss is almost entirely non-economic, driven by fair value changes in market risk benefits and the derivatives used to hedge them. Assets under management and administration hit a record $1.175 trillion, up 10% year over year. Every per-share figure here is pre-merger: at close each share converts into 1.55516 shares of the new parent, so price and EPS both rebase.
EQH dividend at a glance
| 2026-08-03 | $0.3 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.3 |
| 2026-03-04 | $0.27 |
| 2025-11-24 | $0.27 |
| 2025-08-05 | $0.27 |
| 2025-06-02 | $0.27 |
EQH dividend data as of August 2026, sourced from Yahoo Finance and may be delayed. Yield moves with price and payout; confirm the current dividend and ex-date with EQH's investor relations page before relying on it.
Is the EQH dividend covered?
Equitable Holdings paid out about 77% of its earnings as dividends, so the dividend takes a large share of earnings. It is covered, but future increases depend more on earnings growth than on stretching the payout further, and a bad year leaves less cushion.
Coverage is the question worth asking before yield. A dividend is only as good as the earnings behind it, and the highest yields on any screen are often the ones closest to being cut. Walnut is informational and is not an investment adviser.
How the EQH dividend has changed
The latest payment of $0.30 per share compares with $0.27 in the equivalent payment a year earlier (August 5, 2025). That is a change of 11.1% over the year.
A single year says little on its own. What dividend-growth investors track is the multi-year record: whether the payout has risen through a downturn, and whether the raises have kept pace with inflation. That record is on EQH's investor relations page.
What EQH's dividend means for you
- Income: about $222 a year per $10,000 invested, before tax.
- Yield is a ratio, not a payment: it rises when the share price falls. A jump in yield without a raise in the dividend means the stock got cheaper, which may or may not be good news.
- Total return: for EQH the dividend is one part of return and price change is usually the larger part. Compare total return, not yield, when weighing it against another holding.
- Reinvest or take the cash: a DRIP compounds the position automatically; taking the cash gives you income now. Either way it is taxable in a taxable account.
- If you want more yield: dedicated dividend names and funds target higher, steadier payouts. See the best dividend stocks and best dividend ETFs.
How EQH dividends are taxed
Dividends from US common stock are usually qualified, which means they are taxed at long-term capital-gains rates rather than as ordinary income, as long as you held the shares for more than 60 days in the 121-day window around the ex-dividend date. Distributions from REITs and BDCs generally do not qualify and are taxed as ordinary income. Inside an IRA, Roth, or 401(k) none of this applies while the money stays in the account. Full detail is in how dividends are taxed. This is not tax advice.
The bottom line on the EQH dividend
Equitable Holdings (EQH) pays about 2.22%, or roughly $1.14 per share a year. At that level the dividend is a modest supplement rather than the reason to own it: the case rests on total return. For the full picture see the EQH guide. Walnut can show how EQH fits your real portfolio. It is not an investment adviser.
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FAQ
Does Equitable Holdings (EQH) pay a dividend?
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Yes. Equitable Holdings pays a dividend yielding roughly 2.22% as of August 2026, paid quarterly, four times a year. The most recent payment on record was $0.30 per share with an ex-dividend date of August 3, 2026. That works out to a forward annual rate of about $1.14 per share. Yields move with the share price, so verify the current figure with your broker or EQH's investor relations page before relying on it.
What is EQH's dividend yield?
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About 2.22% as of August 2026. On a $10,000 position that is roughly $222 of dividend income a year before tax. For context, the S&P 500 yields around 1.2%, so EQH 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.
How often does EQH pay its dividend?
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Equitable Holdings pays quarterly, four times a year. The most recent payment on record had an ex-dividend date of August 3, 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 EQH's investor relations page, because boards can change both the amount and the timing.
When is EQH's ex-dividend date?
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The ex-dividend date recorded in our August 2026 data pull is August 3, 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 EQH's investor relations page for the next confirmed date.
Has Equitable Holdings raised its dividend recently?
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Yes. The latest payment of $0.30 per share is above the $0.27 paid in the same slot a year earlier, an increase of about 11.1%. One raise is not a policy, though: check the multi-year record on EQH's investor relations page, since a long streak of increases is what dividend-growth investors actually look for.
Is EQH's dividend safe?
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Equitable Holdings paid out about 77% of its earnings as dividends, so the dividend takes a large share of earnings. It is covered, but future increases depend more on earnings growth than on stretching the payout further, and a bad year leaves less cushion. 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.
How much would I earn in dividends from a $10,000 position in EQH?
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At a yield of about 2.22%, roughly $222 a year before tax, spread across 4 payments. 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.
Are EQH dividends qualified for tax purposes?
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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.
Should I reinvest EQH dividends?
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Most brokers offer automatic reinvestment (a DRIP) that puts each EQH 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.
Does EQH pay a dividend?
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Yes. Equitable raised its common dividend to $0.30 per share per quarter in May 2026, which annualizes to about $1.20 and works out to roughly a 2.3% yield near $51.87. Dividends are the smaller half of the capital return program: of the $449 million returned in the second quarter of 2026, $83 million was dividends and $366 million was buybacks, against a stated 60% to 70% payout target for the year.
Walnut is informational, not investment advice. Dividend figures on this page come from a August 2026 data pull and are approximate; verify the current yield, amount, schedule, and policy with EQH's investor relations page or your broker before acting on them.