Airbus Targets Higher Dividend Payments, Affirms 2025 Guidance
Airbus SE said it would target higher dividend payments, raising the upper range of its payout to shareholders, as earnings remain resilient despite uncertainty from tariffs and supply chain snags that have slowed down deliveries of its aircraft to customers.
The pan-European planemaking and defense giant reiterated its 2025 guidance in a statement Wednesday. Airbus also said it would propose a new policy boosting its dividend ratio to 30-50%, from 30-40%, later in the day during a business update for investors and analysts.
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