Final dividend
Amount
7.8p / share
Ex-dividend
27 Aug 2026
Record date
28 Aug 2026
Payment
25 Sep 2026
Source: issuer announcement, UK National Storage Mechanism · filed 21 May 2026
Auto Trader
Auto Trader's latest dividend of 7.8p per share went ex-dividend on 27 Aug 2026 and is due to be paid on 25 Sep 2026. Auto Trader usually pays two dividends a year, in January and September. Every date below is taken from the company's own regulatory filings.
Data updated
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Enter the shares you hold to see what each payment is worth. Every amount links to the announcement it came from.
Shares of Auto Trader (AUTO). Every figure below is per share, exactly as announced, multiplied by this number.
Payments since 24 Sep 2021
| Dividend | Payment date | Shares held | Your payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8pFinal | 25 Sep 2026not yet paid | £78.00 | |
| 3.8pInterim | 26 Jan 2026 | £38.00 | |
| 7.1pFinal | 26 Sep 2025 | £71.00 | |
| 3.5pInterim | 24 Jan 2025 | £35.00 | |
| 6.4pFinal | 27 Sep 2024 | £64.00 | |
| 3.2pInterim | 26 Jan 2024 | £32.00 | |
| 5.6pFinal | 22 Sep 2023 | £56.00 | |
| 2.8pInterim | 27 Jan 2023 | £28.00 | |
| 5.5pFinal | 23 Sep 2022 | £55.00 | |
| 2.7pInterim | 28 Jan 2022 | £27.00 | |
| 5pFinal | 24 Sep 2021 | £50.00 |
Change any row to match what you held at the time — the number at the top fills them all. Shares bought on or after the ex-dividend date do not receive that payment.
Over the longer run: from FY2016 to FY2026 Auto Trader’s dividend went 1.5p → 11.6p, so the income on an unchanged holding changed +673.3% — an average of +22.7% a year over 10 years. Past changes are not a guide to future ones. See every year.
What this assumes. That the number in each row is what you held when that dividend was paid, and that you did not reinvest.
Every per-share figure comes from Auto Trader’s own announcements, filed under UK listing rules. This is general information, not investment advice.
Working out the tax? The dividend tax calculator takes a total and applies this year’s rates and allowance. To see the effect of buying more shares with each payment, try the reinvestment calculator, and to build a whole portfolio’s payment calendar use the dividend income calculator.