Auto Trader Group Plc AUTO
Dividend Summary
The next Auto Trader Group Plc dividend is expected to go ex in 4 months and to be paid in 5 months.
The previous Auto Trader Group Plc dividend was 3.5p and it went ex 4 months ago and it was paid 3 months ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 3.0.
Latest Dividends
| Summary | Previous dividend | Next dividend |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Paid | Forecast |
| Type | Interim | Final |
| Per share | 3.5p | Sign Up Required |
| Declaration date | 07 Nov 2024 (Thu) | 29 May 2025 (Thu) |
| Ex-div date | 02 Jan 2025 (Thu) | 28 Aug 2025 (Thu) |
| Pay date | 24 Jan 2025 (Fri) | 26 Sep 2025 (Fri) |
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Previous Payment
£3.50
Paid on 24 Jan 2025 (Fri)
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The table below shows the full dividend history for Auto Trader Group Plc
| Status | Type | Decl. date | Ex-div date | Pay date | Decl. Currency | Forecast amount | Decl. amount | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | Final | 24 May 2029 | 30 Aug 2029 | 28 Sep 2029 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 09 Nov 2028 | 04 Jan 2029 | 26 Jan 2029 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 25 May 2028 | 24 Aug 2028 | 22 Sep 2028 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 11 Nov 2027 | 06 Jan 2028 | 28 Jan 2028 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 27 May 2027 | 26 Aug 2027 | 24 Sep 2027 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 05 Nov 2026 | 07 Jan 2027 | 29 Jan 2027 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 28 May 2026 | 27 Aug 2026 | 25 Sep 2026 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 06 Nov 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 | 23 Jan 2026 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 29 May 2025 | 28 Aug 2025 | 26 Sep 2025 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Paid | Interim | 07 Nov 2024 | 02 Jan 2025 | 24 Jan 2025 | GBP | 3.47p | 3.5p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 30 May 2024 | 29 Aug 2024 | 27 Sep 2024 | GBP | 6.4p | 6.4p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 09 Nov 2023 | 04 Jan 2024 | 26 Jan 2024 | GBP | 2.9p | 3.2p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 01 Jun 2023 | 24 Aug 2023 | 22 Sep 2023 | GBP | 5.8p | 5.6p | 😃 |
| Paid | Interim | 10 Nov 2022 | 05 Jan 2023 | 27 Jan 2023 | GBP | 3p | 2.8p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 26 May 2022 | 25 Aug 2022 | 23 Sep 2022 | GBP | 5.5p | 5.5p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 11 Nov 2021 | 06 Jan 2022 | 28 Jan 2022 | GBP | 2.7p | 2.7p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 10 Jun 2021 | 26 Aug 2021 | 24 Sep 2021 | GBP | 5p | 5p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 07 Nov 2019 | 02 Jan 2020 | 24 Jan 2020 | GBP | 2.4p | 2.4p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 06 Jun 2019 | 29 Aug 2019 | 27 Sep 2019 | GBP | 4.6p | 4.6p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 08 Nov 2018 | 03 Jan 2019 | 25 Jan 2019 | GBP | 2.1p | 2.1p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 07 Jun 2018 | 30 Aug 2018 | 28 Sep 2018 | GBP | 3.9p | 4p | 😃 |
| Paid | Interim | 09 Nov 2017 | 04 Jan 2018 | 26 Jan 2018 | GBP | 2p | 1.9p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 08 Jun 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | 29 Sep 2017 | GBP | 2p | 3.5p | 😖 |
| Paid | Interim | 10 Nov 2016 | 05 Jan 2017 | 27 Jan 2017 | GBP | 1p | 1.7p | 😖 |
| Paid | Final | 09 Jun 2016 | 01 Sep 2016 | 30 Sep 2016 | GBP | — | 1p | |
| Paid | Interim | 13 Nov 2015 | 07 Jan 2016 | 29 Jan 2016 | GBP | — | 0.5p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2009 | 31 Dec 2009 | GBP | — | 0p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 | GBP | — | 0p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2007 | 31 Dec 2007 | GBP | — | 0p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | GBP | — | 0p |
| Year | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.0p | — |
| 2007 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2008 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2009 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2010 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2011 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2012 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2013 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2014 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2015 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2016 | 1.5p | 100% |
| 2017 | 5.2p | 246.7% |
| 2018 | 5.9p | 13.5% |
| 2019 | 6.7p | 13.6% |
| 2020 | 2.4p | -64.2% |
| 2021 | 5.0p | 108.3% |
| 2022 | 8.2p | 64.0% |
| 2023 | 8.4p | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 9.6p | 14.3% |
| 2025 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2026 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2027 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2028 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2029 | Sign Up Required | |
Auto Trader Group Plc Optimized Dividend Chart
The chart below shows the optimized dividends for this security over a rolling 12-month period.
- Dividend Yield Today
- 1.3%
- Optimized Yield
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- 52 Week High
- 2.0% on 29 May 2024
- 52 Week Low
- 1.2% on 04 September 2024
- Next Ex-Div-Date Countdown
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About Auto Trader Group Plc
Auto Trader is the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace
Auto Trader Group plc is a 100% digital business having successfully completed the transition from a print title in 2013. Auto Trader sits at the heart of the UK’s vehicle buying process and operates the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace.
In addition to its business in the UK, the Group operates a similar business in Ireland through its website carzone.ie.
Auto Trader’s primary activity is to help vehicle retailers compete effectively in the marketplace in order to sell more vehicles, faster. The marketplace brings together the largest and most engaged consumer audience, with the largest pool of vehicle sellers, listing more than 400,000 cars each day. In fact over 80% of all time spent on classified sites is spent on Auto Trader. The Group does not buy or sell any vehicles itself.
Auto Trader’s market-leading position enables it to generate and collect large amounts of data on the UK’s automotive marketplace and leverage its possession of such data to create a suite of products which helps retailers in the following areas:
- Sector
- Retailers
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Share Price
- £8.39 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 878 million
- Market Cap
- £7.4bn
- 3.0
- 4
- Market Indices
- STOXX600, FTSE 350, FTSE 100, CBOE 250, CBOE 350
- Home Page URL
- https://plc.autotrader.co.uk/
- Investor Relations URL
- Sign Up Required
- Financial Calendar URL
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Auto Trader Group Plc announce an interim dividend declared of 3.5 pence per share
Auto Trader Group Board has declared an interim dividend of 3.5 pence per share. The interim dividend will be paid on 25 January 2025 to members on the register on 3 January 2025.
Auto Trader Group have proposed final dividend of 6.4 pence per share
The Auto Trader Group Plc Directors are recommending a final dividend of 6.4 pence per share. Subject to shareholders' approval at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') on 19 September 2024, the final dividend will be paid on 27 September 2024 to shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 30 August 2024. The total dividend for the year is therefore 9.6 pence per share (2023: 8.4 pence per share).
Auto Trader Group Plc announce an interim dividend declared of 3.2p
For H1 2024, the Board has declared an interim dividend of 3.2 pence per share. The interim dividend will be paid on 26 January 2024 to members on the register on 5 January 2024.
Auto Trader Group Plc announce a proposed final dividend of 5.6 pence per share
The proposed Auto Trader Group final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2023 of 5.6p per share, totalling £51.4m, is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') and hence has not been included as a liability in the financial statements.
Auto Trader Group Plc has declared an interim dividend of 2.8 pence per share
The final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2022 of 5.5 pence per share (H1 2022: 5.0 pence per share) was paid on 23 September 2022, totaling £51.7m (H1 2022: £48.0m). The Auto Trader Group Board continued its share-buyback programme with a total of 4.9m shares repurchased in the period (H1 2021: 15.8m shares). The average price per share was 619.5p (H1 2022: 636.1p) for a total consideration of £30.6m (H1 2022: £100.4m) before transaction costs of £0.2m (H1 2022 £0.5m).
Auto Trader Group interim dividend declared of 2.7p
Auto Trader Group have announced an interim dividend of 2.7p per share for the six months to September 2021 (September 2020: nil) has been declared by the Directors', totaling £25.7m (September 2020: £nil) based on the number of shares eligible for the distribution as at 30 September 2021. The interim dividend is payable on 28 January 2022 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 7 January 2022. No provision has been made for the interim dividend and there are no income tax consequences.
The Auto Trader Group proposes a final dividend of 5.0 pence per share
The Auto Trader Group Board has decided to reinstate its capital allocation policy and proposes a final dividend of 5.0 pence per share (2020: no final dividend declared), which is also the total dividend for the full year (2020: 2.4 pence per share). Their capital policy remains broadly unchanged: to continue to invest in the business enabling it to grow while paying around one third of net income to shareholders in the form of dividends. They aim to return the remaining surplus cash to shareholders through share buy backs, which will recommence shortly.
Auto Trader announce an interim dividend of 2.4 pence per share
The final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2019 of 4.6 pence per share (H1 2019: 4.0 pence) was paid on 27 September 2019, totaling £42.6m (H1 2019: £37.9m). During the period, a total of 5.1 million shares (H1 2019: 9.6 million) were repurchased for a total consideration of £27.2m (H1 2019: £42.9m) before transaction costs of £0.1m (H1 2019: £0.2m). This decrease in the number of shares repurchased in the period was largely due to a reduction in the level of surplus cash available. Total cash returned to shareholders in the period was £69.8m (H1 2019: £80.8m).
