How Many DIN Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.76 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 7,895 DIN shares, about $290,536 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $36.80. $1,000 a month takes about 15,790 shares, about $581,072. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
Dine Brands Global (DIN) pays $0.19 a share quarterly, $0.76 a year, a 2.07% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $36.80. It has made 72 dividend payments since 2003.
At today’s rate of $0.19 quarterly and the last close of $36.80, this is what DIN pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.19 | $0.06 | $0.76 |
| 100 shares | $19.00 | $6.33 | $76.00 |
| $10,000 invested (271.7 shares) | $51.63 | $17.21 | $206.52 |
| 7,895 shares ($500/mo) | $1,500.05 | $500.02 | $6,000.20 |
| 15,790 shares ($1,000/mo) | $3,000.10 | $1,000.03 | $12,000.40 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 DIN shares reinvest into 0.52 new shares each payment, about 2.1 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 194 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with DIN’s own history in the DIN DRIP calculator.
- Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
- Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
- Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
- Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
- Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
- Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
- Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
- Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
- Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
DIN Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- DIN yields 2.07% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $36.80.
- Its own 10-year median is 3.76%, so today’s yield is well below its usual level.
- No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report
How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.
When Is DIN’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After September 2026
DIN has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 16, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.19 a share, went ex on Sep 16, 2026 and paid Sep 18, 2026.
- Ex-dates: about every 91 days (quarterly)
- Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date
Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.
How Often Does DIN Pay?
DIN pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
- Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last change: cut Dec 23, 2025 - $0.51 to $0.19 (-62.75%)
- Last raise: Mar 19, 2020 - $0.69 to $0.76 (+$0.07, +10.14%)
- Usual $ step: $0.05 (median of the raises before it)
- EPS payout: 211.1% - $0.76 paid / $0.36 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 27, 2026); own 4-yr norm 40.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
- FCF payout: 300.0% - $0.76 paid / $0.00 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 27, 2026); own 4-yr norm 33.6% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
DIN vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CAL, CSV...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Consumer Cyclical companies closest to DIN in market value, DIN’s 2.07% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 2.78%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 6th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.
| Ticker | Dividend ⓘ | Yield | Safety Rating | Recessions ⓘ | No cut ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIN $36.80Dine Brands Global | $0.19/qtr$0.76/yr fwd | 2.07% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 0 yrsno raise streak |
| CAL $13.57Caleres | $0.07/qtr$0.28/yr fwd | 2.06% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 28 yrsno raise streak |
| CSV $28.63Carriage Services | $0.113/qtr$0.45/yr fwd | 1.58% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 14+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| JOUT $47.91Johnson Outdoors | $0.33/qtr$1.32/yr fwd | 2.76% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 11+ yrsno raise streak |
| OXM $30.43Oxford Industries | $0.70/qtr$2.80/yr fwd | 9.20% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20202000 raised2008 cut2020 cut2022 raised | 5 yrsraised 5 yrs in a row |
| HBB $31.35Hamilton Beach Brands Holding | $0.125/qtr$0.50/yr fwd | 1.59% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 7+ yrsraised 7 yrs in a row |
| SHOE $15.44Shoe Station Group | $0.17/qtr$0.68/yr fwd | 4.40% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 5+ yrsraised 5 yrs in a row |
| NATH $102.05Nathan's Famous | $0.50/qtr$2.00/yr fwd | 1.96% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 7 yrsno raise streak |
| ARKO $4.20Arko | $0.03/qtr$0.12/yr fwd | 2.86% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 3+ yrsno raise streak |
| HVT $26.18Haverty Furniture Companies | $0.33/qtr$1.32/yr fwd | 5.04% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 13 yrsraised 5 yrs in a row |
| JAKK $35.56JAKKS Pacific | $0.25/qtr$1.00/yr fwd | 2.81% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 1 yrno raise streak |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: DIN vs CAL, DIN vs CSV, DIN vs JOUT.
DIN Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2003
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 25, 2025 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 23, 2025 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 23, 2024 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 24, 2024 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 19, 2023 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Mar 20, 2023 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Jan 6, 2023 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.51 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 | $0.46 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.40 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Apr 3, 2020 | $0.76 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 19, 2019 | Jan 10, 2020 | $0.69 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 19, 2019 | Oct 4, 2019 | $0.69 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Jul 12, 2019 | $0.69 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Apr 5, 2019 | $0.69 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Jan 4, 2019 | $0.63 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Oct 5, 2018 | $0.63 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 19, 2018 | Jul 6, 2018 | $0.63 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Apr 6, 2018 | $0.63 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 15, 2017 | Jan 12, 2018 | $0.97 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Oct 6, 2017 | $0.97 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 15, 2017 | Jul 7, 2017 | $0.97 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Apr 7, 2017 | $0.97 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Jan 6, 2017 | $0.97 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 14, 2016 | Oct 7, 2016 | $0.92 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 15, 2016 | Jul 8, 2016 | $0.92 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 16, 2016 | Apr 8, 2016 | $0.92 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Jan 8, 2016 | $0.92 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | $0.875 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 10, 2015 | Jul 10, 2015 | $0.875 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Apr 10, 2015 | $0.875 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 1, 2014 | Jan 9, 2015 | $0.875 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 16, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 12, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 6, 2013 | Dec 27, 2013 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 6, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 12, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 | $0.75 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Mar 29, 2013 | $0.75 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Oct 27, 2008 | Nov 18, 2008 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 29, 2008 | Aug 19, 2008 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 29, 2008 | May 20, 2008 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 30, 2008 | Feb 22, 2008 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 26, 2007 | Nov 20, 2007 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 27, 2007 | Aug 21, 2007 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 27, 2007 | May 22, 2007 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 30, 2007 | Feb 20, 2007 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 31, 2006 | Nov 21, 2006 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 28, 2006 | Aug 22, 2006 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 28, 2006 | May 23, 2006 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 30, 2006 | Feb 22, 2006 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 28, 2005 | Nov 22, 2005 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 28, 2005 | Aug 23, 2005 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 28, 2005 | May 23, 2005 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 28, 2005 | Feb 22, 2005 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 28, 2004 | Nov 19, 2004 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 29, 2004 | Aug 20, 2004 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 29, 2004 | May 20, 2004 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 29, 2004 | Feb 20, 2004 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 30, 2003 | Nov 21, 2003 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jul 30, 2003 | Aug 18, 2003 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Apr 29, 2003 | May 19, 2003 | $0.25 | Quarterly | Regular |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for DIN
DIN Dividend Questions
How often does DIN pay dividends?
DIN pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 91 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
Does DIN pay dividends monthly?
No. DIN pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next DIN dividend?
DIN has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 91 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 16, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.19 a share, went ex on Sep 16, 2026 and paid Sep 18, 2026. The current rate is $0.19 per share, $0.76 a year.
Does DIN pay a dividend in December 2026?
Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 16, 2026, with the cash around Dec 18, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.
How much does DIN pay per share?
DIN pays $0.19 a share quarterly, $0.76 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $36.80 that is a 2.07% run-rate yield, well below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 3.76%.
Has DIN raised its dividend?
DIN has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Mar 19, 2020, took the rate from $0.69 to $0.76 (+10.14%). Since then the rate was cut on Dec 23, 2025, from $0.51 to $0.19. Over five years the dividend grew -12.7% a year.
Is DIN’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. DIN paid out 211% of its earnings and 300% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 27, 2026. This is data, not investment advice. The full 12-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my DIN dividends?
Add DIN to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run DIN in the DRIP calculator.