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Spanish companies set to pay more than €10bn in dividends by year-end
Around 30 Spanish-listed companies plan to pay more than €10bn in dividends before the end of 2026.
Dividends are payments companies make to shareholders, and Spanish shares have historically offered an average dividend yield of about 4%.
Inditex and Santander are due to pay on 2 November: Inditex will pay €0.875 per share, while Santander will pay €0.127.
Investors must hold the shares by the relevant cutoff dates to qualify: 28 October for Inditex and before 29 October for Santander.
More payments are expected later in the year from companies including Sabadell, Enagás, Naturgy, Viscofan and CaixaBank.
Sabadell is expected to pay in December, and its estimated dividend yield over the next 12 months is 7.35%, the highest on Spain’s Ibex index.
Around 30 companies listed in Spain are set to distribute more than €10bn in dividends before the end of 2026.
Inditex and Santander are due to pay dividends on 2 November.
Other companies named as expected payers include Sabadell, Enagás, Naturgy, Viscofan and CaixaBank.
The estimated 12-month dividend yields cited range from 3.4% for Santander to 7.35% for Sabadell.
- Who
- Around 30 companies listed in Spain, including Inditex and Santander.
- What
- They are set to distribute more than €10bn in dividends.
- When
- Before the end of 2026; Inditex and Santander are due to pay on 2 November.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- The companies are distributing dividends to shareholders. The article discusses investors seeking recurring income.
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Inditex paid its first dividend instalment of €0.875 per share for the 2025 financial year.
This is the latest date investors can buy Inditex shares to qualify for its 2 November dividend.
Inditex shares are due to trade without the value of the dividend.
Inditex and Santander are due to pay dividends.
Sabadell is expected to pay an interim dividend, with the amount and date not confirmed in the article.
- Total dividends
- More than €10bn
- Companies
- Around 30 Spanish listed companies
- Inditex payment date
- 2 November 2026
- Inditex dividend
- €0.875 gross per share on 2 November
- Santander dividend
- €0.127 gross per share
- Sabadell estimated 12-month dividend yield
- 7.35%