U.S. Bancorp has raised its quarterly common-stock dividend by 3.8% to $0.54 per share from $0.52, extending a streak that now stands at 15 consecutive years of dividend increases. At the new rate shareholders will receive $2.16 per share annually, with the next payment scheduled for October 15, 2026, and at a recent share price of about $62.84 that annualized payout translates into a forward dividend yield of roughly 3.4%. The increase follows prior steps from $0.49 to $0.50 in 2024 and from $0.50 to $0.52 in 2025, putting dividend growth over the past two years at about 10%. The payout looks manageable against earnings: the company reported 2025 diluted EPS of $4.62 while dividends declared per common share totaled $2.04 for the year, a payout of roughly 44%, and current forward-looking data puts the payout ratio at roughly 37% to 43% depending on the earnings measure used. Capital strength supports the distribution, with a 10.8% CET1 ratio as of March 31, 2026 against an applicable minimum requirement including its stress capital buffer of 7.1%, and the bank retained $4.1 billion of capacity under its existing $5 billion share-repurchase authorization at the end of the first quarter.
U.S. BancorpU.S. Bancorp raised its quarterly dividend 3.8% to $0.54 per share, extending its 15-year streak of increases.
