The Guzman Y Gomez Ltd (ASX: GYG) dividend has been announced along with the FY26 result. The numbers give shareholders a cash payout, along with insights into company performance.
Excluding the US operations that are being closed, the company reported network sales growth of 17.9% to $1.38 billion, revenue increased 21.8% to $520.4 million, underlying operating profit (EBITDA) rose 28.7% to $85 million, and statutory net profit soared 31.6% to $40.6 million.
The company also noted that it opened 35 new restaurants across Australia and Asia this year and added 62 new sites to its Australian development pipeline.
With its profit generation in Australia, the business was able to declare a large final dividend with the FY26 result.
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Guzman Y Gomez dividend
GYG has declared an FY26 final dividend of 40.6 cents per share and includes a special dividend of 14.4 cents per share.
The special dividend retrospectively increases the implied dividend payout ratio for the interim dividend (which was 7.4 cents per share) to an implied dividend payout ratio of around 90% of underlying earnings to reflect the removal of US losses from its earnings.
The increase of the dividend also reflects an increase in earnings and reduced Guzman Y Gomez share count after the completion of its share buyback.
GYG's board of directors also approved the extension of the share buyback program to a further $100 million.
At the time of writing, following the jump of the Guzman Y Gomez share price, the final dividend represents a dividend yield of 1.6%, excluding franking credits, and 2.2%, including franking credits.
When will this be paid?
Before getting to the exciting payment date for the upcoming GYG dividend, we need to look at the ex-dividend date.
The ex-dividend date is the cut-off day for investors who want to receive the payout. Investors need to own shares before this date to be entitled to the dividend.
Guzman Y Gomez's ex-dividend date for the FY26 final dividend is 15 September 2026, which is less than a month away. Therefore, investors have until the end of trading on 14 September 2026 to buy shares.
The dividend will then be paid on 30 September 2026, which is just over a month away, so investors won't have a long time to wait.
There is no dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) relating to this upcoming dividend.
What is the full-year GYG dividend yield?
Based on the interim and final dividends, the business will deliver a full-year dividend of 48 cents per share. At the time of writing, that translates into a dividend yield of 1.9%, excluding franking credits, and 2.7%, including franking credits.
