FTSE 100 ex-dividend dates: November 2026

A pair of high-yielding mid-caps and the inflation-protected FTSE 100 utilities National Grid (LSE:NG.) and Severn Trent (LSE:SVT) are among the stocks due to be marked ex-dividend in November.

Some investors use the Thursday ex-dividend dates as a way to time their dealings, including income seekers who may wish to buy higher-yielding shares before the deadline.

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The fifth day of November brings two of the largest yields in the FTSE 250 index, with emerging markets investment manager Ashmore Group (LSE:ASHM) and photo-booth business ME Group International (LSE:MEGP).

The 7.6% yielding Ashmore is due to distribute an unchanged full-year dividend of 12.1p a share on 7 December, as long as investors are on the register before the 5 November cut-off point.

ME, which yields an income of 6.8%, is due to pay 3.6p a share on 27 November as part of a distribution policy based on returning at least 55% of annual profits after tax.

Investors interested in a capital gain rather than income might wait until the ex-dividend date in anticipation that this will make the shares cheaper to buy. However, timing your trades in this way carries a risk that the share price moves against you.

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The share price impact when Ashmore begins trading without entitlement to its latest dividend currently stands at 5.46%, with ME’s interim award set to have an impact of 3.24%.

Ex-dividend opportunities in the FTSE 100 index include Sainsbury (J) (LSE:SBRY)’s, which recently announced its intention to pay a half-year dividend of 4.1p a share on 18 December.

The 4.1%-yielding supermarket chain has a 12 November cut-off point, meaning an impact of 1.17% based on Monday’s share price.

FTSE 100 ex-dividend dates

Source: interactive investor, ShareScope. Data correct on 27 October 2026. FTSE 100 indicative index weight data as at closing on 26 October 2026. *Table updated on 29 October 2026 to include Shell, Unilever and GSK.

FTSE 250 ex-dividend dates

Source: interactive investor, ShareScope. Data correct on 27 October 2026. FTSE 100 indicative index weight data as at closing on 30 June 2026.

Shell (LSE:SHEL) announced on Thursday that its third-quarter distribution of 39.06 US cents (29.3p) a share, which is unchanged on the previous quarter, is due to be marked ex-dividend on 12 November. The payment date is 21 December.

Thursday 12 November will also see Unilever (LSE:ULVR) and GSK (LSE:GSK) marked ex-dividend, having declared respective payouts of 39.07p and 17p a share in quarterly results on Wednesday.

Eight FTSE 100 stocks have so far declared November ex-dividend dates, with more to come as companies release their interim or quarterly results.

They include National Grid, which is due to announce half-year results on 5 November. The company has already confirmed its ex-dividend date as 19 November.

The electricity transmission and distribution business is a popular stock with income investors, given that the dividend is protected in real terms through benchmarking against the increase in average annual CPI inflation plus housing costs (CPIH).

This meant the dividend for the 2025-26 financial year rose by 3.8%, in line with CPIH inflation, to 48.49p a share. The payout was covered 1.6 times by underlying earnings per share.

The consensus of nine City analysts expects a payment of 16.86p on 12 January, which is in line with Grid’s policy to set the interim award at 35% of the previous year’s total.

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Severn Trent is typically marked ex-dividend eight days after its interim results, which this year are due for release on Wednesday 18 November.

The water company’s policy for the 2025-2030 regulatory period ties shareholder returns to the annual growth of CPIH, which in 2025-26 meant a dividend increase of 3.5% to 126.02p. Last year’s interim award of 50.4p was paid on 10 January.

Severn’s shares yield dividend income of 4%, which compares with National Grid’s 4.1%.

The ex-dividend calendar is also likely to include Land Securities Group (LSE:LAND), which has a current yield of 6.3% ahead of the release of interim results on Friday 13 November. Based on last year’s calendar, the shares will be marked ex-dividend on Thursday 26 November.

Elsewhere in the sector, the logistics property-focused Tritax Big Box Ord (LSE:BBOX) REIT turns ex-dividend on 5 November. It is the 13th-highest yielding stock in the FTSE 100 at 5.8%, with its quarterly award of 2p a share set to mean a dividend impact of about 1.40%.

Low-yielding Pershing Square Holdings Ord (LSE:PSH) and Bunzl (LSE:BNZL) have ex-dividend dates on 12 November, while 3.6% yielding 3i Group Ord (LSE:III) and Marks & Spencer Group (LSE:MKS) are also likely before the end of the month.

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Results for SSE (LSE:SSE), Babcock International Group (LSE:BAB), Halma (LSE:HLMA), Diploma (LSE:DPLM), Sage Group (The) (LSE:SGE), British Land Co (LSE:BLND), United Utilities Group  Class A (LSE:UU.) and Associated British Foods (LSE:ABF) are also due in November but based on previous year’s reporting are not expected to have November ex-dividend dates.

One AIM-listed ex-dividend stock of note is the floor coverings manufacturer James Halstead (LSE:JHD), which recently overcame challenging trading conditions to post its 50th consecutive year of increased dividend.

It plans to pay 6.1p a share on 11 December, which has lifted the total for 2025-26 by 1.7% to 8.95p a share. The stock is marked ex-dividend on 12 November.

*Article updated on 29 October 2026 to include Shell, Unilever and GSK.