MADRID (Reuters) -Santander’s board has approved an interim cash dividend of 0.115 euros per share against its 2025 results, up 15% from a year earlier, the Spanish bank said on Tuesday.
The dividend is equivalent to about 25% of underlying group profit in the first half of 2025 for the euro zone’s biggest lender by market value.
The total returned to shareholders through the 2025 interim remuneration will be about 3.4 billion euros, equivalent to about 50% of Santander’s first-half attributable profit, split roughly evenly between cash dividend and share buybacks.
The final distribution from 2025 earnings is expected to be decided and announced in the first quarter of 2026.
(Reporting by Jesús AguadoEditing by David Goodman)
