Does Iluka Resources Limited (ILKAY) Pay a Dividend? (2026)

Yes. Iluka Resources Limited pays a dividend yielding roughly 0.72% as of August 2026, paid twice a year. The most recent payment on record was $0.11 per share with an ex-dividend date of March 6, 2026. That works out to a forward annual rate of about $0.17 per share. Yields move with the share price, so verify the current figure with your broker or ILKAY's investor relations page before relying on it.

About 0.72% as of August 2026. On a $10,000 position that is roughly $72 of dividend income a year before tax. For context, the S&P 500 yields around 1.2%, so ILKAY 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.

Iluka Resources Limited pays twice a year. The most recent payment on record had an ex-dividend date of March 6, 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 ILKAY'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 March 6, 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 ILKAY's investor relations page for the next confirmed date.

$0.11 per share in the most recent payment (ex-date March 6, 2026), which annualizes to about $0.17 per share. The equivalent payment a year earlier was $0.14. That is a change of -21.5% year over year.

Not in the last year. The latest payment of $0.11 per share is below the $0.14 paid a year earlier. A flat dividend is not necessarily a warning sign, but it does mean the income is losing ground to inflation.

Iluka Resources Limited paid out about 18% of its earnings as dividends, so the payout is very well covered. A low ratio means the dividend has plenty of room and the company is keeping most of its profit to reinvest or buy back stock, which is also why the yield is modest. 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 0.72%, roughly $72 a year before tax, spread across 2 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.

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 ILKAY 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.

Iluka pays fully franked dividends, which is the Australian dividend imputation system: the company has already paid Australian corporate tax on the profits, and the credit for that tax is attached to the dividend. Under Australian rules a fully franked dividend paid to a non-resident is generally exempt from Australian dividend withholding tax, so a US holder typically does not lose the 15% treaty rate on the franked portion, though any unfranked component can be subject to withholding. The franking credit itself, however, is generally of no use to a US taxpayer: non-residents cannot claim a refund of franking credits under Australian law, and the US tax system does not treat the underlying Australian company tax as paid by the shareholder, so there is normally no US foreign tax credit for it either. The practical result is that an Australian resident and a US ADR holder can receive very different after-tax value from the same dividend. This is general information about how the system works and not tax advice, so a tax professional is the right place to confirm your own position.