TNC Stock — Tennant Company

Tennant Company (TNC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

TNC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.90%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.90%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 80/100 (Safe). Total return is 4084.3% over the past 41.9 years.

Tennant Company designs, manufactures, and markets floor cleaning equipment for industrial and commercial use across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers mechanized cleaning equipment, detergent-free cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, maintenance services, and business solutions including equipment financing and leasing programs under brands such as Tennant, Nobles, and IPC. It pays a modest current distribution rate on a quarterly basis.

TNC performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 4084.3% over the past 41.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -16.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 28.0%.

TNC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

80 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.52%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/05/1984

Distribution rate

1.90%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.90%

5-year average yield

1.36

Last close

$65.35 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,114,171,951

Average volume

158715.0

Dividend

$0.31

Ex-dividend date

08/31/2026

Payment date

09/15/2026

Beta

1.14

Payout ratio

37.0%

P/E ratio

62.84

Forward P/E

11.7925

EPS

$1.04

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.90%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.90%) 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.

TNC risks and drawbacks

TNC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 28.0%.

Who may consider TNC — and who may not

TNC may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (TNC pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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