National Express Group plc NEX
Dividend Summary
The next National Express Group plc dividend is expected to go ex in 3 months and to be paid in 4 months.
The previous National Express Group plc dividend was 5p and it went ex 2 months ago and it was paid 22 days ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 2.1.
Latest Dividends
| Summary | Previous dividend | Next dividend |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Paid | Forecast |
| Type | Final | Interim |
| Per share | 5p | Sign Up Required |
| Declaration date | 02 Mar 2023 (Thu) | 27 Jul 2023 (Thu) |
| Ex-div date | 13 Apr 2023 (Thu) | 31 Aug 2023 (Thu) |
| Pay date | 15 May 2023 (Mon) | 22 Sep 2023 (Fri) |
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Previous Payment
£5.00
Paid on 15 May 2023 (Mon)
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The table below shows the full dividend history for National Express Group plc
| Status | Type | Decl. date | Ex-div date | Pay date | Decl. Currency | Forecast amount | Decl. amount | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | Final | 26 Feb 2026 | 23 Apr 2026 | 14 May 2026 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 24 Jul 2025 | 04 Sep 2025 | 19 Sep 2025 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 27 Feb 2025 | 24 Apr 2025 | 15 May 2025 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 25 Jul 2024 | 29 Aug 2024 | 20 Sep 2024 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Final | 29 Feb 2024 | 25 Apr 2024 | 16 May 2024 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Forecast | Interim | 27 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 22 Sep 2023 | GBP | Sign up | — | |
| Paid | Final | 02 Mar 2023 | 13 Apr 2023 | 15 May 2023 | GBP | 3p | 5p | 😓 |
| Paid | Interim | 25 Jul 2019 | 29 Aug 2019 | 20 Sep 2019 | GBP | 5.16p | 5.16p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 28 Feb 2019 | 18 Apr 2019 | 14 May 2019 | GBP | 10.17p | 10.17p | 😄 |
| Paid | Interim | 26 Jul 2018 | 30 Aug 2018 | 21 Sep 2018 | GBP | 4.25p | 4.69p | 😊 |
| Paid | Final | 01 Mar 2018 | 26 Apr 2018 | 21 May 2018 | GBP | — | 9.25p | |
| Paid | Interim | 27 Jul 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | 22 Sep 2017 | GBP | 4.1p | 4.26p | 😃 |
| Paid | Final | 23 Feb 2017 | 27 Apr 2017 | 19 May 2017 | GBP | — | 8.41p | |
| Paid | Interim | 28 Jul 2016 | 01 Sep 2016 | 23 Sep 2016 | GBP | 3.9p | 3.87p | 😄 |
| Paid | Final | 25 Feb 2016 | 28 Apr 2016 | 20 May 2016 | GBP | — | 7.645p | |
| Paid | Interim | 29 Jul 2015 | 03 Sep 2015 | 25 Sep 2015 | GBP | — | 3.685p | |
| Paid | Final | 26 Feb 2015 | 30 Apr 2015 | 22 May 2015 | GBP | — | 6.95p | |
| Paid | Interim | 30 Jul 2014 | 03 Sep 2014 | 19 Sep 2014 | GBP | — | 3.35p | |
| Paid | Final | 27 Feb 2014 | 30 Apr 2014 | 23 May 2014 | GBP | — | 6.75p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 04 Sep 2013 | 20 Sep 2013 | GBP | — | 3.25p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 24 Apr 2013 | 17 May 2013 | GBP | — | 6.6p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 05 Sep 2012 | 21 Sep 2012 | GBP | — | 3.15p | |
| Paid | Interim | – | 07 Sep 2011 | 23 Sep 2011 | GBP | — | 3p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 27 Apr 2011 | 13 May 2011 | GBP | — | 6p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2009 | 31 Dec 2009 | GBP | — | 0p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 | GBP | — | 22.72p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2007 | 31 Dec 2007 | GBP | — | 0p | |
| Paid | Final | – | 31 Dec 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | GBP | — | 18.05p |
| Year | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18.05p | — |
| 2007 | 0.0p | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 22.72p | 100% |
| 2009 | 0.0p | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 6.0p | 100% |
| 2011 | 3.0p | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 9.75p | 225.0% |
| 2013 | 10.0p | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 10.3p | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 11.33p | 10.0% |
| 2016 | 12.28p | 8.4% |
| 2017 | 13.51p | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 14.86p | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 5.16p | -65.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0p | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0p | 0% |
| 2022 | 5.0p | 100% |
| 2023 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2024 | Sign Up Required | |
| 2025 | Sign Up Required | |
National Express Group plc Optimized Dividend Chart
The chart below shows the optimized dividends for this security over a rolling 12-month period.
- Dividend Yield Today
- 7.6%
- Optimized Yield
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- 52 Week High
- 10.7% on 12 April 2023
- 52 Week Low
- 2.1% on 06 June 2022
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About National Express Group plc
National Express was privatised in 1988. It was floated four years later. National Express operates bus, train, light rail, express coach and airport services in the UK, North America and Australia. More than 25% of the groups operations are now in international markets.
- Sector
- Travel & Leisure
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Share Price
- £1.12 (yesterday's closing price)
- Shares in Issue
- 614 million
- Market Cap
- £687mn
- 2.1
- 1
- Market Indices
- FTSE 350, FTSE 250, CBOE 250, CBOE 350
- Dividend History URL
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- Home Page URL
- https://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/
- Financial Calendar URL
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- Investor Relations URL
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5 London Stock Exchange listed companies have made COVID-19 related dividend announcements
There has been a number of cancelled dividends today, these include:
National Express announce a proposed final dividend increased by 10% to 11.19 pence, the fourth 10% increase in 5 years
If approved by shareholders at the AGM on 7 May 2020, the final dividend of 11.19p per ordinary share will be paid on 12 May 2020 to those shareholders registered on 24 April 2020.
National Express increases dividend by 10%
National Express has recorded record group profit, with statutory operating profit up 15.3% to £113.1 million. Primarily driven by all divisions growing organic revenue; Organic growth accounts for c.80% of the normalised operating profit increase. All divisions have grown operating margin, driving Group margin up 60 bps to 10.4%. ROCE is flat at 12.2%, post-IFRS 16 implementation; or up 80 bps on a like-for-like basis. Interim dividend increased by 10% to 5.16p (2018: 4.69p).
National Express group increases its 2017 full year dividend by 10%
Our focus on operational excellence continues to deliver results
National Express increases its 2015 interim dividend by 10%
Half Year Results for the six months ended 30 June 2015
Possible effects of the tax treatment of dividends from April 2016
The Telegraph online declared ‘Budget 2015 – Investors face tax raid on dividends’. Whilst this is true for those with large income portfolios, not everybody loses out and in fact those who do not currently invest in stocks and shares, there is now a tax incentive to do so.
