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Business · 5 September 2026

You need over 11,000 Apple shares to get £12,000 in dividends

You need over 11,000 Apple shares to get £12,000 in dividends

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To earn about £12,000 yearly in Apple dividends, you'd need to own 11,111 shares of the company. Based on a recent share price of £325, this would cost you more than £3.6 million in total. The stock currently has a low dividend yield of 0.33%, although its annual gains have averaged 4.2% over the last five years.

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