Here’s How Much Warren Buffett Earns In Dividends Annually From Apple Stock (AAPL)

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B) stands as one of the greatest wealth creators in the history of the stock market. From its origin as a struggling textile company to being built into the global conglomerate worth over $1 trillion that it is today, Berkshire has delivered unmatched returns for its early investors.

Berkshire’s largest holding today, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), needs no introduction. What began as a computer company in a garage has grown into one of the world’s most valuable companies through constant innovation. Game-changing products and services like the iPod, iPhone, and App Store have reshaped industries and transformed how people communicate, work, and entertain themselves.

Berkshire’s Stake in Apple

Berkshire Hathaway currently owns 300 million shares of Apple, valued at approximately $67 billion. This position represents about 23.2% of Berkshire’s portfolio, making it the company’s largest single holding by a wide margin, well ahead of American Express (NYSE: AXP), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX). In total, Berkshire’s stake represents about 2% of Apple’s outstanding shares.

Apple currently pays a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, which amounts to an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and gives its stock a yield of approximately 0.45% at the time of this writing, which is well below the S&P 500 Index’s yield of about 1.3%.

To determine Berkshire Hathaway’s annual dividend income from Apple, we simply multiply its shares owned by the annual dividend per share:

Shares of Apple owned: 300,000,000

Annual dividend per share: $1.00

Total annual dividend: 300,000,000 × $1.00 = $300,000,000

Berkshire Hathaway will collect $300 million in dividends from Apple in 2025, which translates to $75 million per quarter or approximately $821,900 per day. But this will likely grow in the near future, which we will dive into next.

Apple’s impressive streak of dividend growth

Apple has consistently increased its dividend since it reinstated it in 2012. It has raised its annual dividend payment each year since, giving it a streak of 13 consecutive annual increases, with its last increase coming in May 2024 to the tune of 4.2%.

While its yield is relatively low compared to other dividend stocks, Apple makes up for it with aggressive stock buybacks. Apple regularly returns tens of billions of dollars to shareholders each year to reduce its share count and boost its earnings per share. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2024 alone, Apple returned over $29 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. In all of 2024, dividends and share repurchases topped a whopping $110 billion.

Apple also traditionally raises its dividend in late April or early May each year, so investors should look for its next increase in the coming months. Its last three increases were by a penny per share, so if I had to guess, I would say Apple will raise its dividend by 4% to $0.26 per share. However, investors would likely prefer a bit more, such as a 6% increase to $0.265 per share.

How much could you earn with a $10,000 stake in Apple?

While you likely can’t build a stake in Apple to rival that of Berkshire Hathaway, you can still generate dividend income in the tech giant like Berkshire. At a current market price of about $223, a $10,000 investment would buy about 45 shares. 

With an annual dividend of $1.00 per share, that investment would generate $45 per year in dividend income. Reinvesting those dividends over time could amplify those returns, but income investors might want to look elsewhere for beefier returns – perhaps the Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Core Premium Income ETF (Nasdaq: GPIQ) or these five dividend stocks that pay you like a boss every month.

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