Deswell Industries, Inc. · DSWL · NASDAQ
Dividend report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$3.02 +1.00% on the day, +$0.03
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Yearly payout / yield
$0.20·6.62%
$0.10 twice a year x 2 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.10/half-yr
not declared yet ⓘ
Next ex-date
—
was due ~Jun 1 ⓘ
Years without a cut
11 yrs
since the 2014 cut (-30.9%) ⓘ
Paying since
1996
85 payments on file
Yield vs history ⓘ
58
Near its usual yield
plus a special dividend: $0.30 in the last year — not in the rate
DSWL share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Every payment since Nov 2016
DSWL Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y 0.0%3Y 0.0%5Y 0.0%10Y +3.5%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). A red dashed stub marks a payment that was due by its usual rhythm but is not on file. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 85 payments since 1996.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: 0% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Special payments are left out. Today's $0.20 a year would stay $0.20 by 2031 - 6.62% on today's $3.02 price.

How Many DSWL Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $0.20 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 30,000 DSWL shares, about $90,600 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $3.02. $1,000 a month takes about 60,000 shares, about $181,200. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Deswell Industries (DSWL) pays $0.10 a share twice a year, $0.20 a year, a 6.62% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $3.02. A special dividend of $0.30 came on top in the last year; specials are paid case by case, so they never count in the rate or the yield here. It has made 85 dividend payments since 1996.

At today’s rate of $0.10 twice a year and the last close of $3.02, this is what DSWL pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.10$0.02$0.20
100 shares$10.00$1.67$20.00
$10,000 invested (3,311.3 shares)$331.13$55.19$662.25
30,000 shares ($500/mo)$3,000.00$500.00$6,000.00
60,000 shares ($1,000/mo)$6,000.00$1,000.00$12,000.00

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 DSWL shares reinvest into 3.31 new shares each payment, about 6.7 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 31 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 DSWL’s own history in the DSWL DRIP calculator.

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  • Coverage: does what it earns cover 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

DSWL Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

58/100Near its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • DSWL yields 6.62% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $3.02.
  • Its own 10-year median is 6.15%, so today’s yield is near its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
4.23% low9.05% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

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 DSWL’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After December 2025

DSWL has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 181 days the next ex-date was due around Jun 1, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.10 a share, went ex on Dec 2, 2025 and paid Dec 4, 2025.

  • Ex-dates: about every 183 days (semi-annual)
  • Payment: usually about 4 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does DSWL Pay?

DSWL pays twice a year, 2 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jul and Dec, with ex-dates in Jul and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 183 days, and the cash usually lands about 4 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.40 a share, in 2 payments, $0.30 of it special.
+100.0% against the 12 months before ($0.20 in 2 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Jul and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Jul and Dec (latest 2 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Jul 2, 2026 - $0.10 to $0.30 (+$0.20, +200.00%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.02 (median of the raises before it)

DSWL vs Similar Dividend Stocks (AATC, CSPI...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Technology companies closest to DSWL in market value, DSWL’s 6.62% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 9.64%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 4th 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 No cut ⓘ
DSWL $3.02Deswell Industries $0.10/half-yr$0.20/yr fwd 6.62% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 11 yrsno raise streak
AATC $6.00Autoscope Technologies $0.15/qtr$0.60/yr fwd 10.00% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 4+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row
CSPI $7.14CSP $0.03/qtr$0.12/yr fwd 1.68% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 2+ yrsno raise streak
TAIT $1.94Taitron Components $0.04/qtr$0.16/yr fwd 8.25% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 0 yrsno raise streak
MATR $26.76Mattersight $0.775/qtr$3.10/yr fwd 11.58% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 2+ yrsno raise streak
HTCR $1.40HeartCore Enterprises $0.13/yr 9.29% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only —raised 1+ yr in a row
GMEX $0.41GMEX Robotics $0.10/qtr$0.40/yr fwd 97.56% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only —no raise streak
SCTQ $2.41Spectra Systems $0.136/yr 5.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 1+ yrno raise streak
JKS $9.40JinkoSolar Holding Co. $1.50/yr 15.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 2+ yrsno raise streak
XRX $0.92Xerox Holdings $0.025/qtr$0.10/yr fwd 10.87% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 0 yrsno raise streak
TRAK $7.32ReposiTrak $0.02/qtr$0.08/yr fwd 1.09% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: DSWL vs AATC, DSWL vs CSPI, DSWL vs TAIT.

DSWL Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1996

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Jul 2, 2026Jul 6, 2026$0.30Semi-annualSpecial
Dec 2, 2025Dec 4, 2025$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Jul 3, 2025Jul 7, 2025$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Dec 2, 2024Dec 4, 2024$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Jul 5, 2024Jul 8, 2024$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Nov 30, 2023Dec 4, 2023$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Jul 3, 2023Jul 5, 2023$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Nov 30, 2022Dec 22, 2022$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Jun 29, 2022Jul 15, 2022$0.10Semi-annualRegular
Dec 3, 2021Dec 22, 2021$0.10Semi-annualRegular
The other 75 DSWL payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 85 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for DSWL

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DSWL Dividend Questions

How often does DSWL pay dividends?

DSWL pays twice a year, 2 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Jul and Dec, with ex-dates in Jul and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 183 days, and the cash usually lands about 4 days later.

Does DSWL pay dividends monthly?

No. DSWL pays twice a year, 2 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next DSWL dividend?

DSWL has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 181 days the next ex-date was due around Jun 1, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.10 a share, went ex on Dec 2, 2025 and paid Dec 4, 2025. The current rate is $0.10 per share, $0.20 a year.

Did DSWL pay a dividend in December 2025?

Yes: $0.10 a share, ex-date Dec 2, 2025, paid Dec 4, 2025. The next one is not on file yet.

How much does DSWL pay per share?

DSWL pays $0.10 a share twice a year, $0.20 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $3.02 that is a 6.62% run-rate yield, near its usual level: its own 10-year median is 6.15%.

Has DSWL raised its dividend?

DSWL has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Jul 2, 2026, took the rate from $0.10 to $0.30 (+200.00%). Over five years the dividend grew 0.0% a year.

Is DSWL’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. It has gone 11 years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 7-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my DSWL dividends?

Add DSWL 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 DSWL in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 12, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 7 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.