PepsiCo and Alphabet Lead a $6 Billion Dividend Payout Day

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on September 4, 2026.

Biggest dividend payouts · Sep 4
PEP PepsiCo
$2B $1.48 per share
  • 2GOOGLGoogle$0.22/sh$1.3B
  • 3GOOGGoogle$0.22/sh$1.2B
  • 4SLMBPSLM$1.44/sh$627M
  • 5KHCKraft Heinz$0.40/sh$474M

PepsiCo is the day's biggest payer, sending shareholders about $2.02 billion, or $1.48 a share, on September 30. Alphabet's two share classes together add roughly $2.51 billion at 22 cents a share, with Kraft Heinz and SLM also paying out.

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Miss today's September 4 ex-dividend cutoff and you forfeit a share of more than $6 billion in payouts. PepsiCo is the largest single payer at $1.48 per share, paid September 30.

Alphabet's two share classes contribute the day's largest combined sum, roughly $2.51 billion, reaching shareholders on September 14.

SLM adds a preferred payout of about $627 million on September 15, and Kraft Heinz follows with roughly $474 million on September 25.

Anyone who did not hold these shares before today's ex-date is locked out of all four distributions until the next declared ex-dividend dates.

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