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TM Stock — Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota Motor Corporation (TM)

Updated October 16, 2026.

Verdict as of October 19, 2026

TM's distribution is rated safe by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (86/100, high confidence). It pays semi-annual and its distribution rate is 3.24%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $3.15 with an ex-date of September 30, 2026, was 0.6% higher than the previous $3.13. It is not yet confirmed whether this is an increase in the regular payout or a one-off difference.

Sources: issuer page for TM, Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.

TM is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.24%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.23%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 86/100 (Safe). Total return is 11780.2% over the past 46.6 years.

Toyota Motor Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and related parts globally under the Toyota and Lexus brand names, while also operating financial services and other businesses. The company offers a modest current distribution rate paid on a semi-annual basis. It may appeal to income-focused investors seeking exposure to a large, established automotive manufacturer with diversified operations.

TM dividend yield and income

Price as of 2026-10-16.

The distribution rate (3.24%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Trailing-12-month yield (3.23%) is the last year of cash distributions by ex-date divided by the current price. The dividend amount is $3.15289. The ex-dividend date is 03/31/2026. The payment date is 06/08/2026.

Recorded distribution timeline (87)
Ex-dateAs paidPer current shareChange from previous payment
2026-09-30$3.15289$3.152890.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2026-03-31$3.13411$3.134114.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
2025-09-30$3.00755$3.00755-13.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2025-03-31$3.457$3.45732.9%
Total cash (unclassified)
2024-09-30$2.601$2.601-9.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2024-03-27$2.861$2.86142.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2023-09-28$2.003$2.003-19.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2023-03-30$2.496$2.49641.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2022-09-29$1.762$1.762-20.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2022-03-30$2.203$2.2035.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2021-09-29$2.098$2.098-14.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2021-03-30$2.45$2.4521.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2020-09-29$2.015$2.015-9.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2020-03-30$2.225$2.22521.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2019-09-27$1.83$1.83-16.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2019-03-28$2.18782$2.1878224.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2018-09-27$1.758$1.758-19.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2018-03-28$2.189$2.18921.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2017-09-28$1.797$1.797-8.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2017-03-30$1.9665$1.966511.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2016-09-29$1.77152$1.77152-12.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2016-03-30$2.01508$2.0150823.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2015-09-29$1.628$1.628-19.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2015-03-30$2.01191$2.0119159.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
2014-09-28$1.26316$1.26316-35.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2014-03-27$1.95561$1.9556153.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2013-09-26$1.27301$1.273010.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2013-03-27$1.26263$1.2626373.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2012-09-26$0.72957$0.72957-3.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2012-03-28$0.75719$0.7571947.9%
Total cash (unclassified)
2011-09-28$0.51197$0.51197-31.5%
Total cash (unclassified)
2011-03-29$0.74701$0.7470157.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2010-09-28$0.4741$0.4741-15.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2010-03-29$0.55748$0.5574821.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2009-09-28$0.45845$0.45845-36.9%
Total cash (unclassified)
2009-03-26$0.726$0.726-46.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
2008-09-28$1.35515$1.35515-2.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2008-03-27$1.38478$1.3847815.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2007-09-27$1.1965$1.19655.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2007-03-29$1.13113$1.1311331.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
2006-09-28$0.85984$0.85984-8.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2006-03-29$0.94283$0.9428330.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2005-09-27$0.725$0.72551.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2005-03-28$0.48$0.486.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2004-09-27$0.45$0.4520.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
2004-03-26$0.375$0.37514.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
2003-09-25$0.328$0.32831.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
2003-03-26$0.25$0.2514.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2002-09-25$0.218$0.2182.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2002-03-26$0.212$0.21219.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
2001-09-25$0.178$0.178-6.8%
Total cash (unclassified)
2001-03-27$0.191$0.19113.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
2000-09-26$0.168$0.168-19.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
2000-03-28$0.208$0.20815.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1999-09-27$0.18$0.185.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
1999-03-26$0.171$0.17133.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1998-09-25$0.128$0.128-37.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1998-03-26$0.205$0.20539.5%
Total cash (unclassified)
1997-09-25$0.147$0.147137.1%
Total cash (unclassified)
1997-03-25$0.062$0.062-65.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1996-09-25$0.18$0.18-5.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
1996-03-26$0.19$0.1952.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
1995-09-26$0.125$0.125-30.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1995-03-24$0.18$0.180.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
1994-12-22$0.18$0.18N/A
1994-06-23$0.161$0.16117.5%
Total cash (unclassified)
1994-06-22$0.137$0.1370.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
1993-12-23$0.136$0.136-8.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
1993-06-23$0.149$0.14925.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
1992-12-23$0.119$0.119-9.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
1992-06-23$0.131$0.13121.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
1991-12-23$0.108$0.10811.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
1991-06-21$0.1064$0.0967-7.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
1990-12-21$0.1144$0.10412.3%
Total cash (unclassified)
1990-06-22$0.11206$0.092621.7%
Total cash (unclassified)
1989-12-21$0.09208$0.0761-31.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
1989-06-23$0.14103$0.111N/A
1989-02-16$0.1099$0.0865-21.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
1988-12-23$0.14674$0.1114.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1988-06-23$0.12807$0.09628.5%
Total cash (unclassified)
1987-12-24$0.09965$0.0747-14.4%
Total cash (unclassified)
1987-06-23$0.11646$0.087342.2%
Total cash (unclassified)
1986-12-23$0.08191$0.0614-16.9%
Total cash (unclassified)
1986-06-23$0.09858$0.073927.0%
Total cash (unclassified)
1985-12-23$0.07764$0.058258.6%
Total cash (unclassified)
1985-06-24$0.05141$0.036716.5%
Total cash (unclassified)
1984-12-21$0.04412$0.0315—
1984 total—$0.0315—
1985 total—$0.0949201.3%
1986 total—$0.135342.6%
1987 total—$0.16219.7%
1988 total—$0.20627.2%
1989 total—$0.273632.8%
1990 total—$0.1966-28.1%
1991 total—$0.20474.1%
1992 total—$0.2522.1%
1993 total—$0.28514.0%
1994 total—$0.47867.7%
1995 total—$0.305-36.2%
1996 total—$0.3721.3%
1997 total—$0.209-43.5%
1998 total—$0.33359.3%
1999 total—$0.3515.4%
2000 total—$0.3767.1%
2001 total—$0.369-1.9%
2002 total—$0.4316.5%
2003 total—$0.57834.4%
2004 total—$0.82542.7%
2005 total—$1.20546.1%
2006 total—$1.8026749.6%
2007 total—$2.3276329.1%
2008 total—$2.7399317.7%
2009 total—$1.18445-56.8%
2010 total—$1.03158-12.9%
2011 total—$1.2589822.0%
2012 total—$1.4867618.1%
2013 total—$2.5356470.5%
2014 total—$3.2187726.9%
2015 total—$3.6399113.1%
2016 total—$3.78664.0%
2017 total—$3.7635-0.6%
2018 total—$3.9474.9%
2019 total—$4.017821.8%
2020 total—$4.245.5%
2021 total—$4.5487.3%
2022 total—$3.965-12.8%
2023 total—$4.49913.5%
2024 total—$5.46221.4%
2025 total—$6.4645518.4%
2026 YTD total—$6.287-2.7% vs prior-year YTD

TM dividend growth

Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -2.7%. The 1Y row below uses this same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison. The deepest trailing-12-month payout decline in the past five years is -7.57%.

TTM income vs TTM N years earlier
WindowChange
1Y-2.7%
3Y39.7%
5Y38.2%
10Y66.0%

TM performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 11780.2% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 2.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.9%.

WindowTotal returnCAGR
1M3.0%—
3M10.1%—
6M-7.0%—
YTD-6.1%—
1Y2.9%—
2Y CAGR—10.20%
3Y CAGR—6.10%
5Y CAGR—5.00%
10Y CAGR—8.60%
Since inception (46.6 years)11780.2%10.80%

TM key facts

Distribution Safety Score™
86 · Safe
Safety-Adjusted Yield
2.79%
Asset type
Stock
Asset class
Equity
Inception date
03/17/1980
Distribution rate
3.24%
Distribution frequency
Semi-Annual
Trailing yield
3.23%
5-year average yield
2.75
Last close
$194.61 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)
Market cap
$229,212,932,890
Average volume
652377.0
Dividend
$3.15289
Ex-dividend date
03/31/2026
Payment date
06/08/2026
Beta
0.375
Payout ratio
27.9%
P/E ratio
8.55
Forward P/E
10.9409
EPS
$22.76

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.24%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.23%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

TM risks and drawbacks

TM's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.9%.

Who may consider TM — and who may not

TM may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (TM pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

More on TM

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Frequently asked questions

Does TM pay monthly?

No. TM currently pays semi-annual, not monthly.

What is TM's dividend yield?

TM's distribution rate is 3.24%, paid semi-annual — calculation basis unavailable.

How has TM's dividend grown?

Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -2.7%. That is the same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison used in the dividend-history table.

When does TM pay a dividend?

TM pays semi-annual. The dividend amount is $3.15289. The ex-dividend date is 03/31/2026. The payment date is 06/08/2026.

How has TM performed?

Total return is 11780.2% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 2.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.9%.

Is TM a good investment?

TM's Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score is 86 (Safe). That is a risk signal, not investment advice. Its distribution rate is 3.24% (calculation basis unavailable). Compare peers below rather than treating any single figure as a buy or sell.

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