TME Stock — Tencent Music Entertainment Group

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME)

Updated October 16, 2026.

TME is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.78%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.78%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is -35.3% over the past 7.8 years, 259.4 points behind SPY at 224.1%.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group operates online music entertainment platforms in China, offering music streaming through QQ Music, Kugou Music, and Kuwo Music; karaoke services via WeSing; live streaming performances; and long-form audio content including podcasts and audiobooks, along with artist merchandise sales and advertising services. The company distributes annually at a modest current rate. This business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to Chinese digital entertainment and music streaming.

TME performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -35.3% over the past 7.8 years, 259.4 points behind SPY at 224.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -60.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 66.5%.

TME key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/12/2018

Distribution rate

2.78%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

2.78%

Last close

$8.63 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$6,880,616,747

Average volume

4218272.0

Dividend

$0.24

Ex-dividend date

04/02/2026

Payment date

04/23/2026

Beta

0.752

Payout ratio

5.0%

P/E ratio

10.52

Forward P/E

7.6923

EPS

$0.82

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.78%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.78%) 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.

TME risks and drawbacks

TME's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 66.5%.

Who may consider TME — and who may not

TME may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (TME pays annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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