Gilead Sciences As of October 10, 2023 ticker dps (an.) 2024 hike 2023 hike 2022 hike
GILD $3.00 2.7% 2.8% 4.4%
Business yield Hike yrs 5 yr CAGR freq. paid since
Biotechnology 3.9% 8 5.6% Quarter 2015

Gilead Sciences (GILD) will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.2 percent to $0.47 per share in 2016. This marks the first ever dividend hike for the biopharmaceutical company. Gilead initiated a $0.43 per share quarterly dividend last year.

The next dividend is payable on June 29, 2016, to shareholders of record as of June 16, 2016. The ex-dividend date is June 14, 2016. Gilead pays quarterly dividends at the end of the month in March, June, September and December.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines. The company's principal areas of focus include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), liver diseases (hepatitis C and hepatitis B), cardiovascular, hematology/oncology and inflammation/respiratory. Gilead became a public company in 1992 and has been paying a dividend since 2015.