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2874 companies · fiscal year 2025 · SEC EDGAR · September 25, 2026

Communication services companies that pay the most in dividends

Dividends paid is the cash that actually left the company for shareholders during the year, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. It is a total in dollars, not a per-share rate or a yield — a yield needs a share price, which this site does not carry. Figures are for fiscal year 2025 and are read directly from each company's SEC filings; the source column on every row links to the document.

Ranks 1–59 of 59 · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026

Verizon Communications (VZ) tops the list with $11.5B in dividends paid for fiscal 2025, ahead of AT&T ($8.2B) and Comcast ($4.9B). The top 10 together report $34.6B in dividends paid; the gap between #1 and #10 is ×20.89. 59 companies in Communication services report dividends paid, 4.0% of the 1474-filer universe. The last place on the list, Telesat, comes in at $7,978.

Dividends paid
#CompanyDividends paidYoY15-year trend
1Verizon CommunicationsVZUS$11.5B+2.1%
2AT&TTUS$8.2B−0.3%
3ComcastCMCSAUS$4.9B+1.7%
4T-Mobile USTMUSUS$4.1B+24.9%
5Walt DisneyDISUS$1.8B+32.0%
6TelusTUCA$1.1B+17.1%
7TimTIMBBR$960M+90.1%
8Brightstar LotteryBRSLGB$770M+378.3%
9Rogers CommunicationsRCICA$653M+21.1%
10Omnicom GroupOMCUS$550M−0.6%
11Array Digital InfrastructureADUS$482M—
12Warner MusicWMGUS$383M+6.1%
13Vail ResortsMTNUS$328M+1.4%
14FoxFOXAUS$277M−1.4%
15Sirius XMSIRIUS$268M+13.1%
16IheartmediaIHRTUS$245M+$245M
17Nexstar MediaNXSTUS$226M+3.2%
18Tko GroupTKOUS$185M—
19NewsNWSAUS$185M+7.6%
20Planet FitnessPLNTUS$169M—
21Cogent CommunicationsCCOIUS$150M−20.8%
22New York TimesNYTUS$110M+33.2%
23John Wiley & SonsWLYUS$74.4M−2.3%
24SinclairSBGIUS$69.0M+4.5%
25Iridium CommunicationsIRDMUS$62.9M−2.9%
26DeluxeDLXUS$55.2M+1.8%
27Telephone & Data SystemsTDSUS$55.2M+4.0%
28Manchester UnitedMANUGB$41.4M+181.0%
29Lucky Strike EntertainmentLUCKUS$34.5M+3.1%
30Gray MediaGTNUS$33.0M+3.1%
31Churchill DownsCHDNUS$30.8M+5.5%
32Spok HoldingsSPOKUS$27.3M+3.3%
33Acco BrandsACCOUS$27.0M−4.9%
34New Royal Holdco IGDENUS$26.4M+23.7%
35EnnisEBFUS$25.9M−71.8%
36AdeiaADEAUS$21.8M+0.0%
37ScholasticSCHLUS$20.0M−11.5%
38Entravision CommunicationsEVCUS$18.2M+1.2%
39Onespaworld HoldingsOSW$17.5M+109.6%
40Cable OneCABOUS$17.2M−74.6%
41E.W. ScrippsSSPUS$16.6M+1.2%
42Atn InternationalATNIUS$15.7M+6.8%
43Quad/GraphicsQUADUS$14.4M+53.2%
44National CinemediaNCMIUS$11.4M+3,700.0%
45GlobalstarGSATUS$10.6M−0.3%
46MarcusMCSUS$9.2M+4.3%
47Cpi CardPMTSUS$7.5M+0.3%
48Shenandoah TelecommunicationsSHENUS$6.4M+11.0%
49Townsquare MediaTSQUS$6.2M+$6.2M
50IdtIDTUS$5.6M+118.8%
51Beasley BroadcastBBGIUS$2.8M−49.5%
52Lumen TechnologiesLUMNUS$1.0M−66.7%
53NewsmaxNMAXUS$915,069+$915,069
54Amc EntertainmentAMCUS$700,000−89.2%
55Madison Square Garden SportsMSGSUS$633,000−9.7%
56Clear Channel OutdoorCCOUS$405,000−45.3%
57United Parks & ResortsPRKSUS$325,000−78.3%
58StagwellSTGWUS$56,000−71.4%
59TelesatTSATCA$7,978+6.9%

All figures from SEC filings · FY2025 · 59

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