First Bank distributes cash dividends of 10% for first half of 2026
Saudi First Bank announces the Board of Directors' decision to distribute cash dividends to shareholders for the first half of fiscal year 2026. Board decision date: 1448-02-07 corresponding to 2026-07-21. Total distributed amount: 2,055 million Saudi Riyals. Number of shares eligible for dividends: 2,054,794,522 shares. Share dividend: 1.00 riyal per share after deducting Zakat. Distribution percentage to nominal share value (%): 10. Entitlement date: 1448-02-19 corresponding to 2026-08-02. Distribution date: 1448-02-30 corresponding to 2026-08-13. Name of other official entities and details...
The Board of Directors of First Bank decided on Tuesday to distribute cash dividends to shareholders at 10% of capital (equivalent to one riyal per share after deducting Zakat) as profits for the first half of 2026, as shown in the following table:
Cash dividends to shareholders - first half 2026
Current capital
20,547.94 million riyals
Number of shares
2,054.79 million shares
Total distributed dividends
2,055 million riyals
Percentage of capital
10% (equivalent to one riyal per share after deducting Zakat)
Entitlement date
August 2, 2026
Distribution date
August 13, 2026
The bank said in a statement on Tadawul that it had obtained the Saudi Central Bank's no-objection to distributing cash dividends to shareholders for the first half of 2026.
Historical development of cash dividends (riyal/share) Company actions
Notes | Cash distribution * Total cash distributions (million riyals) | Distribution date | Entitlement date | Announcement date 1.00 2,055.00 2026/08/13 2026/08/02 2026/07/21 1.00 2,055.00 2026/05/11 2026/04/21 2026/02/23 1.00 2,055.00 2025/09/04 2025/08/20 2025/08/10 1.00 2,055.00 2025/05/19 2025/04/30 2025/02/05 1.00 2,055.00 2024/08/28 2024/08/15 2024/08/11 0.98 2,014.00 2024/05/13 2024/04/25 2024/02/11 0.88 1,808.00 2023/08/28 2023/08/13 2023/07/30 0.74 1,521.00 2023/05/18 2023/05/03 2023/02/14 0.55 1,130.00 2022/07/27 2022/07/13 2022/07/04 0.36 740.00 2022/04/25 2022/04/17 2022/02/21 Historical cash dividends per share adjusted for the effect of capital changes and bonus shares, if any.
Historical development of cash dividends
Aggregate cash dividends | Cash dividend per share (riyal) * Share price at beginning of period (riyal) | Return on base price | Last 3 fiscal years: 5.86 38.95 15.05% | Last 5 fiscal years: 8.01 24.80 32.30% | Last 10 fiscal years: 13.27 24.65 53.82% | Based on the beginning of the period (January 1 of base year)
Development of cash dividends
Original source: Argaam
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