Common stock
BASF Se (BASFY)
BASF Se trades as BASFY on OTC. This page collects what it has actually paid — every recorded payment, the calendar-year totals, the forward and trailing 12-month yields side by side against the last price, and the dates already declared.
Price as of Aug 25, 2026 (8 hours ago) · supplied by fmp. Quotes may be delayed. Verify with your broker before acting on anything here.
The two yields above are different measurements and are not interchangeable. The forward yield annualises the last regular payment; the trailing 12-month yield counts the cash actually paid over the last 365 days. Neither is an interest rate, a bond's yield to maturity or an index effective yield, and none of those may be compared with these as like for like. See how we compute these numbers.
Our stored payment history for BASFY begins in 2000. There is no current run of increases to report: either the most recent complete calendar year did not pay more than the year before it, or there is no earlier complete year in our history to compare it with.
A yield is just a payment divided by a price, so it moves every day even when the payment does not. The forward number is an estimate of the next twelve months; the trailing number is what was actually paid over the last twelve. Ex-date is the cut-off: own the shares before it and the next payment is yours, buy on or after it and the seller keeps it.
What BASFY is
BASF SE stands as a globally operating chemical enterprise, diversifying its extensive activities across six key segments. The Chemicals division primarily supplies foundational building blocks such as petrochemicals and intermediate products. The Materials segment is dedicated to developing and delivering sophisticated materials and their precursors, including specialized polymers like isocyanates and polyamides, as well as essential inorganic products and niche specialties for the plastics manufacturing industry. Industrial Solutions innovates and distributes a broad array of ingredients and additives crucial for various industrial applications, ranging from polymer dispersions, pigments, and resins to electronic materials, antioxidants, light stabilizers, oilfield chemicals, and solutions for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy. Surface Technologies focuses on advanced chemical solutions primarily for the automotive and broader chemical sectors. Its offerings encompass vehicle refinish coatings, specialized surface treatments, catalytic converters, cutting-edge battery materials, and services involving precious and base metals. The Nutrition & Care unit provides vital ingredients for food and animal feed producers, alongside catering to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and cleaning product industries. Finally, the Agricultural Solutions segment equips farmers with an array of crop protection products, including fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological alternatives, in addition to seeds and seed treatment solutions. BASF SE also engages in strategic collaborations, notably with Contemporary Amperex TechnologyCo., Limited (CATL), focusing on advanced battery materials, specifically cathode active materials and battery recycling initiatives. Established in 1865, BASF SE maintains its corporate headquarters in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
BASFY is a common stock. Any income comes from a dividend the board declares out of the company's profits and cash flow. There is no obligation to declare one, no par value to fall back on, and no arrears to make up if a payment is skipped — the board simply decides each period. That discretion is what separates a dividend from a coupon.
Four dates matter: the declaration date the board announces it, the ex-dividend date after which new buyers do not receive the payment, the record date that fixes the holder list, and the pay date the cash arrives. Qualifying US corporate dividends held long enough are taxed at long-term capital-gains rates as qualified dividends. Read how dividend stocks work.
Figures on this page are computed by Income Investing from the payment history and last price stored in our own database; the payment records come from fmp and the price from fmp, last recomputed Aug 25, 2026. They describe what has been paid, not what will be paid. Yield, payout ratio, our data sources and our methodology are explained elsewhere on the site.
Payment history
Each row is one payment as recorded by our data provider, newest first. The final column compares it with the nearest payment about a year earlier.
The table lists the 24 most recent recorded dividends for BASFY, newest first, with ex-dates running from May 02, 2003 to May 05, 2026. The latest is $0.6607 per share in USD, ex-date May 05, 2026, pay date May 18, 2026. Measured against the nearest payment about a year earlier, 15 are higher, 9 lower and 0 unchanged; the remaining 0 have no comparable payment in the record. None is flagged as a special or one-off payment. Payment records supplied by fmp.
How to read this table: one row is one payment, newest at the top, and the amount is what a single share received on that one date. It is not an annual figure — the yearly ones are in the tiles above and in the totals further down. A row marked Special is a one-off the issuer chose to make rather than part of the regular schedule, which is why it is left out of the year-on-year comparison and out of those yearly totals. Whether the amount repeats for several rows or moves every time is a fact about the structure rather than a sign of health: a company usually resets its dividend once a year, while a fund's distribution can change with every payment.
| Ex-dateOwn it before this day and this payment is yours. | Pay date | Amount per shareWhat one share received on that date, before tax. | Cadence tagged by provider | Type | vs. a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 05, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | $0.6607 | Annual | Regular | +4.86% |
| May 06, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | $0.6301 | Annual | Regular | -30.45% |
| Apr 26, 2024 | May 10, 2024 | $0.9059 | Annual | Regular | -3.14% |
| May 01, 2023 | May 08, 2023 | $0.9353 | Annual | Regular | +4.64% |
| May 02, 2022 | May 16, 2022 | $0.8938 | Annual | Regular | -9.79% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | $0.9907 | Annual | Regular | +6.21% |
| Jun 19, 2020 | Jul 06, 2020 | $0.9328 | Annual | Regular | +4.18% |
| May 06, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | $0.8954 | Annual | Regular | -2.37% |
| May 07, 2018 | May 21, 2018 | $0.9171 | Annual | Regular | -72.53% |
| May 15, 2017 | May 24, 2017 | $3.3391 | Annual | Regular | -0.58% |
| Apr 27, 2016 | May 09, 2016 | $3.3585 | Annual | Regular | +7.73% |
| Apr 28, 2015 | May 11, 2015 | $3.1176 | Annual | Regular | -16.82% |
| Apr 30, 2014 | May 12, 2014 | $3.7479 | Annual | Regular | +10.12% |
| Apr 24, 2013 | May 06, 2013 | $3.4036 | Annual | Regular | +3.01% |
| Apr 25, 2012 | May 04, 2012 | $3.3040 | Annual | Regular | +5.19% |
| May 04, 2011 | May 19, 2011 | $3.1409 | Annual | Regular | +41.25% |
| Apr 27, 2010 | May 10, 2010 | $2.2236 | Annual | Regular | -14.34% |
| Apr 28, 2009 | May 14, 2009 | $2.5958 | Annual | Regular | -57.22% |
| Apr 22, 2008 | May 05, 2008 | $6.0676 | Annual | Regular | +48.77% |
| Apr 24, 2007 | May 07, 2007 | $4.0785 | Annual | Regular | +60.94% |
| May 02, 2006 | May 15, 2006 | $2.5342 | Annual | Regular | +16.10% |
| Apr 26, 2005 | May 09, 2005 | $2.1827 | Annual | Regular | +30.74% |
| Apr 27, 2004 | May 10, 2004 | $1.6695 | Annual | Regular | +5.30% |
| May 02, 2003 | May 19, 2003 | $1.5855 | Annual | Regular | +35.58% |
The cadence column is the tag our provider attached to that individual payment (fmp), not the security's established schedule. The two can disagree, which is why the cadence shown in the tiles above is only accepted after three consecutive payments were tagged the same way.
A blank comparison means there was no comparable payment within sixty days of the same point a year earlier — a new payer, a changed cadence, or a gap in the record. Special and one-off payments are labelled and are excluded from the comparison.
Dividends by calendar year
Calendar-year totals, bucketed by ex-dividend date: every regular dividend whose ex-dividend date fell in that year, for the last ten complete years on record. These are amounts actually paid, never a forward estimate, and they are not the issuer's own annual dividend figure.
The chart covers 10 complete calendar years for BASFY, 2016 to 2025, per share, in USD. Each bar totals the regular dividends with an ex-dividend date in that calendar year. The year is assigned by ex-dividend date, which is not necessarily the issuer's own dividend year. Our stored payment history for BASFY begins in 2000. The total went from $3.36 in 2016 to $0.6301 in 2025 — 81% lower. Within that span 4 years were higher than the year before and 6 lower. The three most recent years shown are 2023 $0.9353, 2024 $0.9059 and 2025 $0.6301. The current year is still in progress and is left out, and special or one-off payments are excluded. This is a record of what was paid, not a projection. Every year shown holds the 1 dividends a annual cadence implies, so no year on this chart is short or long because a payment shifted across a year end.
Each bar, and each row underneath it, is one calendar year of regular payments added together for a single share. Read left to right and you are reading whether the payment has grown, held or been cut — a record of what was paid, never a forecast of what will be. One thing to watch for: a year here is decided by the date the payment went ex, so when that date slips across a year end one year holds an extra payment and its neighbour is one short while the payment itself never moved. Any year where that has happened is drawn as a dashed bar and marked with an asterisk, and it is the usual reason these totals differ from the annual figure the issuer itself publishes.
| Year | Paid per share that yearEvery regular payment dated in that year, added up, for one share. | Payments in the yearA count that differs from the usual one means a payment moved across a year end. | Change on the year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $3.36 | 1 | +7.73% |
| 2017 | $3.34 | 1 | -0.58% |
| 2018 | $0.92 | 1 | -72.53% |
| 2019 | $0.90 | 1 | -2.37% |
| 2020 | $0.93 | 1 | +4.18% |
| 2021 | $0.99 | 1 | +6.21% |
| 2022 | $0.89 | 1 | -9.79% |
| 2023 | $0.94 | 1 | +4.64% |
| 2024 | $0.91 | 1 | -3.14% |
| 2025 | $0.63 | 1 | -30.45% |
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These are not the best-paying securities of this kind, and no ranking is meant by the order. They are the ones whose trailing 12-month yield sits nearest to this one, in the same structure and usually the same sector, so that this security can be seen in company rather than on its own. Every figure here is backward-looking cash that has already been paid. A row that sits well away from the rest is a question to take to that security's own page, not an answer.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIO | Rio Tinto Group | $106.81 | 4.35% | $4.65 | Semi-annual |
| IP | International Paper Company | $40.99 | 4.51% | $1.85 | Quarterly |
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| OLN | Olin Corporation | $17.37 | 4.61% | $0.80 | Quarterly |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | $30.16 | 4.64% | $1.40 | Quarterly |
| EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | $72.02 | 4.65% | $3.35 | Quarterly |
| ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | $16.36 | 3.91% | $0.64 | Quarterly |
| SLVM | Sylvamo Corp | $36.89 | 4.88% | $1.80 | Quarterly |
Every row in this table is on the same basis — cash actually paid per share over the last 365 days, divided by that security's last price — so the column can be read down. Forward estimates are deliberately not used here, because they exist for some securities and not others and a mixed column would invite a comparison that does not hold. A dash means no payment was recorded in the last 365 days, or no price is on file. Open a security to see both of its yields.
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