In fiscal year 2016, ExxonMobil paid out US$12.45 billion in dividends to its shareholders, equivalent to Rp 165.62 trillion. This represents a three percent increase from fiscal year 2015 and is the highest among the five companies with the largest dividend payouts in fiscal year 2016.
Apple Inc. ranked second with the largest dividend payout in fiscal year 2016, at US$12.15 billion or approximately Rp 161.59 trillion. Telecommunications company AT&T came in third with US$11.8 billion (equivalent to Rp 156.9 trillion). Microsoft ranked fourth with US$11 billion in dividend payments, and Verizon was fifth with US$9.26 billion. All five companies with the largest dividend payments in 2016 reported increases.
ExxonMobil's dividend payout ratio was 158.84 percent of its 2016 net income, while Apple's was 26.19 percent, AT&T's 91.81 percent, Microsoft's 67.94 percent, and Verizon's 78.85 percent.
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