August 2026 Dividend Calendar: Key Ex-Dividend Dates

August 2026 is a busy month on the dividend calendar: our database tracks over 2,300 ex-dividend dates this month alone, including household names like Apple, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, ExxonMobil, and Walmart. This guide highlights the most notable payouts week by week, with real ex-dividend and payment dates pulled directly from our Dividend Calendar.

This is the first in a monthly series. Bookmark this page — or the live calendar — to plan your buys around the dates that matter.

How Ex-Dividend Dates Work

The ex-dividend date (or "ex-date") is the cutoff for a dividend. To receive the payment, you must own the stock before the ex-date — buy on or after it, and the dividend goes to the seller. The payment date is when cash actually lands in your account, typically two to four weeks later.

So if you want Microsoft's next dividend (ex-date August 20), you need to own MSFT by the close on August 19. Miss it by a day and you wait a full quarter. That's why dividend investors watch the calendar: not to "capture" dividends — the share price adjusts down on the ex-date, so there's no free lunch — but to know when income arrives and to avoid buying right before a taxable payout they didn't want.

Week 1: August 3–7

The month opens with financial heavyweights and midstream energy names going ex-dividend.

Main Street Capital stands out here for income investors — it's one of the most popular monthly dividend stocks, paying $0.265 every month rather than quarterly.

Week 2: August 10–14

The busiest stretch of the month, headlined by Apple and a Friday packed with blue chips.

Apple's turnaround is unusually fast — ex-date August 10, cash in accounts August 13. Most companies take two to four weeks; Duke Energy holders wait until September 16. Note that Target and Emerson are both Dividend Kings with 50+ years of consecutive increases.

Week 3: August 17–21

Energy majors dominate mid-month, with ExxonMobil and Chevron going ex-dividend two days apart, and Microsoft and Walmart closing out the week.

ExxonMobil, Chevron, Consolidated Edison, and Walmart are all Dividend Aristocrats — S&P 500 companies with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases (Walmart and Con Ed are Kings, at 50+).

Week 4: August 24–31

The month closes with two of the market's longest dividend streaks — Johnson & Johnson and S&P Global — plus a month-end cluster of monthly payers.

Johnson & Johnson is a Dividend King with 60+ years of increases, and Dover's streak is even longer — one of the longest on the Kings list. The August 31 cluster includes several monthly-paying REITs like Agree Realty and EPR Properties, popular with investors building a monthly income stream.

Monthly Payers Going Ex in August

If you're after income every month rather than every quarter, these names all have August ex-dates:

Track Every Date, Every Month

The tables above cover the most notable names, but our database tracks 2,300+ August ex-dividend dates across the full market. To see them all — filtered by week, searched by ticker, or matched against your own holdings — use the free Dividend Calendar. It updates daily, so newly declared dividends show up automatically.

New to dividend timing? Start with Dividend Investing 101, then learn how DRIP reinvestment turns these payment dates into compounding events.

Next month: September 2026 Dividend Calendar — Labor Day week, McDonald's, Home Depot, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and more.

Dates and amounts sourced from the DividendScope dividend database as of August 17, 2026. Companies occasionally revise declared dates — always confirm with your broker before trading around an ex-date. This is not investment advice.