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Deutsche Telekom offers its shareholders a strong dividend yield with high reliability. Deutsche Telekom shares have therefore been a component of the DivDAX, the index of the 15 DAX shares with the highest dividend yields, since 2005.

Outlook on future dividends

Dividend for fiscal year 2023

Deutsche Telekom plans to increase the dividend by 10 percent to 0.77 € from 0.70 € last year. In view of the guidance for earnings per share of over 1.60 euros for 2023, the proposed dividend of 0.77 euros per share is thus in the middle of the intended payout range. Shareholders eligible for tax credits in Germany will not have to pay tax on their dividends.

The joint dividend proposal by the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board for the 2023 financial year is subject to approval by the shareholders’ meeting and to fulfillment of other legal conditions.

In addition, the Board of Management plans to buy back shares in 2024 for up to a total of 2 billion euros. The planned share buy-backs in the coming year amounting to up to 2 billion euros are intended to recoup part of the dilution effect from Deutsche Telekom’s 2021 capital increase, which was made to acquire T-Mobile US shares from Softbank.

Dividend policy

Deutsche Telekom is committed to pay out 40 to 60 percent of adjusted sustainable earnings per share (EPS) as dividend per share each year. 

Analyst consensus for future dividends

In line with our dividend policy, analysts expect a dividend per share between 40 to 60 percent of earnings per share (EPS).
 

(€)

Q4

FY23

FY24

FY25

FY26

FY27

Earnings per share (adjusted)

0,38

1,62

1,78

2,01

2,20

2,42

Dividends per share

0,77

0,85

0,93

1,02

1,13

Further details on the consensus are available here

Tax free payment of dividends

Out of today’s perspective the dividend payment from the tax contribution account in accordance with § 27 will continue over the next years.

Background: As the dividend is to be paid in full from the tax contribution account in accordance with § 27 of the Corporation Tax Act (Körperschaftsteuergesetz– KStG), payment will be made without deducting capital gains tax or the solidarity surcharge. Dividends paid to shareholders in Germany are not subject to taxation. Dividends do not entail tax refunds or tax credits. In the German tax authorities’ view the dividend payment reduces the acquisition costs of the shares for tax purposes.

70ct dividend per share for the fiscal year 2022 

Deutsche Telekom paid a dividend per share of EUR 0.70 for the 2022 financial year. This corresponds to 38 percent of adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of EUR 1.83. But as EUR 0.32 of the adjusted EPS in 2022 came from a large number of positive one-time effects, the sustainable adjusted EPS for 2022 were EUR 1.51. The positive one-time effects are related to the valuation of derivatives - in particular from the forward transaction to hedge the price of the future acquisition of shares in T-Mobile US and from the stock options to purchase T-Mobile US shares - as well as income from the valuation of provisions due to the significant increase in interest rates. We consider our proposed dividend to be consistent with our dividend policy, which is based on the long-term sustainable earnings trend. We thus offer our shareholders both an attractive return and planning reliability. Our dividend policy is to pay out 40 to 60 percent of our adjusted EPS with a EUR 0.60 minimum dividend. With regard to the sustainable adjusted earnings of EUR 1.51, the dividend for 2022 of EUR 0.70 equates to a pay-out ratio of 46%. 

As usually at Deutsche Telekom, the dividend will be announced with the results for the third quarter of the fiscal year on November 9, 2022.

History of dividends and share buybacks

Deutsche Telekom has payed out € 15 per share in dividends since its initial public offering in 1996 or more than € 62 billion in total (May 2022).

Here you find the details about all previous dividend payouts:

Fiscal yearDividend per share

Total dividend payment

Date of paymentDetails

2022

0.70 €

3,482,722,243

April 12, 2023

Annoucement (pdf, 1.4 MB)

2021

0.64 €

3,182,084,560 €

April 12, 2022

Annoucement (pdf, 39.4 KB)

2020

0.60 €

2,846,086,526 €

April 8, 2021

Announcement (pdf, 30.0 KB)

2019

0.60 €

2,845,875,929 €

June 24, 2020

Announcement (pdf, 71.7 KB)

2018

0.70 €

3,319,772,833 €

April 2, 2019

Announcement (pdf, 184.5 KB)

2017

0.65 €

3,082,530,959 €

May 22, 2018

Announcement (pdf, 63.2 KB)

2016

0.60 €

Total:
2,794,480,275 €
Cash: 
1.4bn €
New shares: 
84.6m at 16.08€

June 28, 2017

Announcement (pdf, 98.2 KB)
Scrip Dividend for the fiscal year 2016

2015

0.55

Total:
2,522,855,073 €
Cash: 
1.5bn €
New shares: 
70.6m at 14.69€

June 22, 2016

Announcement (pdf, 1.4 MB)
Scrip Dividend for the fiscal year 2015

2014

0.50 €

Total:
2,257,379,056 €
Cash:
1.2bn €
New shares:
71.1m at 15.50€

June 17, 2015

Announcement (pdf, 48.9 KB)
Scrip Dividend for the fiscal year 2014

2013

0.50 €

Total:
2,215,109,813 €
Cash:
1.2bn €
New shares:
84.4m at 11.90€

June 11, 2014

Announcement (pdf, 40.0 KB)
Scrip dividend for the fiscal year 2013

2012

0.70 €

Total:
3,010,238,606 €
Cash: 
1.9bn €
New shares:
129.9m at 8.75€

June 12, 2013

Announcement (pdf, 160.0 KB)
Scrip Dividend for the fiscal year 2012

2011

0.70 €

3,010,424,948 €

May 25, 2012

Announcement (pdf, 59.0 KB)

2010

0.70 €

3,010,644,621 €

May 13, 2011

Announcement (pdf, 54.6 KB)

2009

0.78 €

3,385,918,906 €

May 04, 2010

Announcement (pdf, 26.5 KB)

2008

 0.78 €

3,385,754,340 €

May 04, 2009

Announcement (pdf, 19.8 KB)

2007

0.78 €

3,385,627,799 €

May 16, 2008

Announcement (pdf, 36.6 KB)

2006

0.72 €

3,123,786,934 €

May 4, 2007

Announcement (pdf, 29.7 KB)

2005

0.72 €

3,005,257,601 €

May 4, 2006

Announcement (pdf, 85.1 KB)

2004

0.62 €

2,586,231,466 €

April 28, 2005

Announcement (pdf, 19.2 KB)

2003

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2002

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2001

0.37 €

1,539,254,962 €

May 29, 2002

Announcement (pdf, 5.3 KB)

2000

0.62 €

1,859,747,846 €

May 05, 2001

Announcement (pdf, 46.0 KB)

1999

0.62 €

1,857,920,712 €

May 05, 2000

Announcement (pdf, 43.9 KB)

1998

0,61 €
(DM 1.20)

1,683,115,670 €

May 05, 1999

Announcement (pdf, 43.6 KB)

1997

0,61 €
(DM 1.20)

1,683,115,670 €

June 05, 1998

Announcement (pdf, 44.9 KB)

1996

0,307 €
(DM 0.60)

841,557,569 €

June 06, 1997

Announcement (pdf, 37.8 KB)


You find further information about the ADRs here.

Financial yearU.S. Rec DateU.S. Pay DateU.S. Gross Rate per shareU.S. Net Rate per share

2021

Apr 11, 2022

Apr 12, 2022

0.694534

0.664534

2020

Apr 07, 2021

Apr 08, 2021

0.714894

0.684894

2019

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 24, 2020

0.678108

0.648108

2018

Apr 01, 2019

Apr 02, 2019

0.783678

0.753678

2013

May 15, 2014

June 18, 2014

0.677180

0.677180

2012

May 16, 2013

June 18, 2013

0.926240

0.896240*

2011

May 24, 2012

June 1, 2012

0.880320

0.850320*

2010

May 12, 2011

May 20, 2011

0.990570

0.960570*

2009

May 03, 2010

May 11, 2010

1.031784

1.031784

2008

April 30, 2009

May 12, 2009

1.035918

1.035918

2007

May 15, 2008

May 27, 2008

1.208844

0.953778

2006

May 3, 2007

May 11, 2007

0.979704

0.772987

2005

May 3, 2006

May 11, 2006

0.909504

0.717599

2004

April 26, 2005

May 3, 2005

0.8049460

0.6351024

2003

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0.0

0.0

2002

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0.0

0.0

2001

May 28, 2002

June 05, 2002

0.342546

0.2702688

2000

May 29, 2001

June 06, 2001

0.530534

0.3906056

1999

May 25, 2000

June 05, 2000

0.558992

0.4115578

1998

May 27, 1999

June 04, 1999

0.6414051

0.4722345

1997

June 04, 1998

June 10, 1998

0.6773538

0.4987017

1996

June 26, 1997

July 02, 1997

0.3475238

0.2541268

U.S. Gross Rate: U.S. dollar per depositary share prior to foreign withholding taxes and fees. U.S. Net Rate: U.S. dollar per depositary share paid to holders.
* After deduction of Dividend fee of $0.03 per ADR.

In the past, Deutsche Telekom has made the following share repurchases:

YearNumber of 
shares acquired
Percentage of 
share capital
Average price 
per share 
in EUR
Total price in €Details

2024

More Details

2015

950,000

0.021%

15.57

14,787,413

More Details

2012

268,295

0.0062%

8.9233

2,394,081.38

More Details

2011

315,929

0.0073%

9.0330

2,761,863.32

More Details

2010

40,000,787

0.917%

9.9998

399,999,998.53

More Details

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