Publix Super Markets will pay stockholders 11.6 cents a share on November 2, a quarterly dividend the grocer’s board declared on October 1. The payment goes to holders of record at the close of business on October 15, a date that has already passed, so the list of who receives it is now set.
The company announced the amount and dates in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1. The filing, signed by Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer David P. Phillips, lists the dividend under Item 8.01, Other Events, for the Lakeland, Florida, company.
How the new payment compares with last year’s
The same quarter a year ago paid less. Publix announced a quarterly dividend of 11.05 cents per share on October 1, 2025, payable November 3, 2025 to holders of record on October 15, 2025. The 2026 payment is 0.55 cents higher, an increase of about 5 percent, a figure worked out from the two announced amounts.
Publix says the 2026 payment will be paid on November 2 by direct deposit or mailed check, and that holders of record as of the close of business on October 15 are eligible.
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In dollars, the change is small for any one holder. A stockholder with 100 shares receives $11.60 for the quarter, compared with $11.05 a year earlier. Four payments at the new rate would come to $46.40 a year on those 100 shares. Larger holdings scale up in proportion.
Why this stock is different from most dividend payers
Publix stock does not trade on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. In its first-quarter 2026 release, the company said the stock “is not publicly traded” and is made available for sale only to current Publix associates and members of its board of directors. That means most investors cannot buy shares through a brokerage account.
The company announces its stock price alongside its quarterly results. Effective May 1, 2026, the price rose from $19.65 to $20.45 per share, according to that release. The next quarter went the other way. The second-quarter release says the price decreased from $20.45 to $19.60 per share, effective August 1, 2026.
Against a $19.60 price, four payments of 11.6 cents equal $0.464 a year, or roughly 2.4 percent. That yield is calculated from the announced figures and is not a number Publix reports.
What the dividend rests on
The raise arrives after a year of mixed results. In the second quarter, which ended June 27, 2026, Publix reported sales of $15.7 billion, up 1 percent from $15.6 billion a year earlier. Net earnings were $1.7 billion, up 20.5 percent from $1.4 billion. Earnings per share rose to $0.52 from $0.42.
Much of that jump came from investments. Excluding net unrealized gains on equity securities, second-quarter net earnings were $1.1 billion, compared with $1 billion a year before, an increase of 1.7 percent. Earnings per share on that basis were $0.33, against $0.32. The company said sales growth was held back by a Medicare maximum fair price change that cut prices on 10 drugs, along with economic conditions affecting consumer spending.
The first quarter was weaker. Net earnings for the three months ended March 28, 2026 were $794 million, which the company said was down 21.5 percent from about $1 billion a year earlier, on sales of $16.1 billion, up 2 percent from $15.8 billion. A dividend that rose about 5 percent followed a quarter in which profit fell by more than a fifth.
Through the first six months of the year, the company reports sales of $31.9 billion, up 1.5 percent from $31.4 billion. Six-month net earnings were $2.5 billion against $2.4 billion, a gain of 2.7 percent, and earnings per share were $0.76 compared with $0.73 a year earlier. Those totals put the dividend increase in a year of slow growth.
How a stockholder reports the dividend
Dividends are taxable. The IRS says a Form 1099-DIV should arrive from each payer for distributions of at least $10. All taxable dividends count as ordinary income, but those the payer identifies as qualified dividends are taxed at lower capital gain rates. The payer has to flag which ones qualify, so the form is what to look for.
The same IRS page says taxable ordinary dividends of more than $1,500 must be reported on Schedule B of Form 1040. For a holder with 100 shares, Publix’s four payments would fall well under that amount. Households with larger holdings, or dividends from several companies, can cross it.
When does the next payment come?
The 8-K covers only this declaration and does not state a future amount. Whether the next quarterly payment rises, holds or falls will be announced by the company in its own filing, as this one was on October 1. Until then, the announced figures are a payment of 11.6 cents, a record date of October 15 and a pay date of November 2.
How does dividend income fit into a household’s taxes?
A few dollars in dividends rarely changes a tax return, but income counts toward limits on programs that have cutoffs. Missing a program because of a misread income threshold costs far more than the dividend pays.
The Benefits Checklist covers 11 benefit programs and lists the 2026 income limits for each, so a household can see where its income lands. This story is about a dividend, so the turn is plain: income of every kind matters when programs set limits. A 50-state phone directory comes with it.
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