Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. Dividend History | Yield & Payout Insights

Dividend history and payout analysis for Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (RMT). Use the fiscal-year summary and the payout history table below to track dividend per share, dividend yield, and payout ratio changes over time, plus the key dates investors watch for dividend investing.

Dividend Performance Chart

Dividend Summary (FY)

30 years
Metric (FY)202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996
Dividends per share (FY)$0.55$0.74$0.74$0.95$0.81$0.61$0.68$0.75$0.69$0.64$1.26$2.90$1.38$0.51$0.53$0.08$0.22$1.19$1.35$1.55$1.85$1.33$0.96$0.80$0.57$1.72$0.27$0.29$0.48$0.09
Dividend yield (FY) %N/A0.26%4.11%10.56%7.30%5.89%7.78%9.93%0.31%7.66%16.63%26.37%10.54%6.48%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Payout ratio (FY) %N/A1.98%25.09%-42.55%39.04%20.86%37.41%-62.96%1.88%36.71%-90.05%1105.78%29.75%38.29%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Dividend Payout History

94 payments
Pay DateEx-DateRecord DateAmount
2025-09-25September 12, 252025-09-12$0.18
2025-06-25June 12, 252025-06-12$0.18
2025-03-26March 13, 252025-03-13$0.19
2024-12-23December 12, 242024-12-12$0.21
2024-09-23September 13, 242024-09-13$0.18
2024-06-24June 13, 242024-06-13$0.18
2024-03-22March 08, 242024-03-11$0.17
2023-12-22December 08, 232023-12-11$0.22
2023-09-22September 08, 232023-09-11$0.17
2023-06-23June 09, 232023-06-12$0.17
2023-03-24March 10, 232023-03-13$0.18
2022-12-23December 09, 222022-12-12$0.28
2022-09-23September 09, 222022-09-12$0.21
2022-06-24June 10, 222022-06-13$0.23
2022-03-24March 10, 222022-03-11$0.23
2021-12-23December 10, 212021-12-13$0.28
2021-09-24September 10, 212021-09-13$0.21
2021-06-25June 10, 212021-06-11$0.16
2021-03-24March 10, 212021-03-11$0.16
2020-12-24December 10, 202020-12-11$0.15
2020-09-25September 10, 202020-09-11$0.15
2020-06-25June 10, 202020-06-11$0.15
2020-03-24March 11, 202020-03-12$0.16
2019-12-27December 11, 192019-12-12$0.16
2019-09-26September 12, 192019-09-13$0.17
2019-06-24June 12, 192019-06-13$0.17
2019-03-22March 08, 192019-03-11$0.18
2018-12-27December 12, 182018-12-13$0.21
2018-09-26September 13, 182018-09-14$0.18
2018-06-27June 08, 182018-06-11$0.18
2018-03-23March 09, 182018-03-12$0.18
2017-12-27December 12, 172017-12-13$0.20
2017-09-26September 12, 172017-09-13$0.17
2017-06-27June 09, 172017-06-13$0.16
2017-03-24March 10, 172017-03-14$0.16
2016-12-27December 09, 162016-12-13$0.16
2016-09-26September 09, 162016-09-13$0.15
2016-06-27June 09, 162016-06-13$0.16
2016-03-24March 10, 162016-03-14$0.17
2015-12-28December 10, 152015-12-14$0.61
2015-09-25September 10, 152015-09-14$0.20
2015-06-26June 11, 152015-06-15$0.22
2015-03-25March 11, 152015-03-13$0.23
2014-12-26December 11, 142014-12-15$2.19
2014-09-26September 11, 142014-09-15$0.24
2014-06-27June 12, 142014-06-16$0.24
2014-03-25March 11, 142014-03-13$0.23
2013-12-27December 11, 132013-12-13$0.97
2013-09-27September 12, 132013-09-16$0.14
2013-06-27June 12, 132013-06-14$0.14
2013-03-25March 04, 132013-03-06$0.13
2012-12-24December 04, 122012-12-06$0.13
2012-09-24September 04, 122012-09-06$0.12
2012-06-25June 04, 122012-06-06$0.13
2012-03-23March 02, 122012-03-06$0.13
2011-12-23December 02, 112011-12-06$0.14
2011-09-23September 01, 112011-09-06$0.14
2011-06-23June 02, 112011-06-06$0.13
2011-03-23March 03, 112011-03-07$0.12
2010-12-23December 02, 102010-12-06$0.08
2009-03-23March 04, 092009-03-06$0.22
2008-12-23December 04, 082008-12-08$0.26
2008-09-23September 04, 082008-09-08$0.29
2008-06-23June 04, 082008-06-06$0.31
2008-03-24March 04, 082008-03-06$0.33
2007-12-24December 04, 072007-12-06$0.36
2007-09-24September 04, 072007-09-06$0.33
2007-06-25June 04, 072007-06-06$0.33
2007-03-23March 02, 072007-03-06$0.33
2006-12-26December 04, 062006-12-06$0.60
2006-09-25September 01, 062006-09-06$0.32
2006-06-23June 02, 062006-06-06$0.32
2006-03-23March 02, 062006-03-06$0.31
2005-12-23December 02, 052005-12-06$0.92
2005-09-23September 01, 052005-09-06$0.31
2005-06-23June 02, 052005-06-06$0.31
2005-03-23March 03, 052005-03-07$0.31
2004-12-23December 02, 042004-12-06$0.50
2004-09-23September 03, 042004-09-08$0.30
2004-06-23June 04, 042004-06-08$0.28
2004-03-23March 04, 042004-03-08$0.25
2003-12-23December 04, 032003-12-08$0.28
2003-09-23September 04, 032003-09-08$0.21
2003-06-23June 04, 032003-06-06$0.22
2003-03-24March 04, 032003-03-06$0.25
2002-12-23December 04, 022002-12-06$0.26
2002-09-23September 04, 022002-09-06$0.27
2002-06-24June 04, 022002-06-06$0.27
2001-12-24December 04, 012001-12-06$0.57
2000-12-26December 04, 002000-12-06$1.72
1999-12-23December 02, 991999-12-06$0.27
1998-12-23December 03, 981998-12-07$0.29
1997-12-23December 03, 971997-12-05$0.48
1995-12-26December 04, 961995-12-07$0.09

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