Key highlights

  • Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited (ASX:NEC) shares were priced at $0.665 during the trading session on 22 October 2026, down 0.746% (down $0.005), and it carries an annual dividend yield of 11.19%.
  • The latest dividend was a final dividend of 3.0 cents per share with an ex-date of 10 September 2026 and a payment date of 22 October 2026, franked at 0%.
  • On 10 September 2026 it announced an extension of its Premier League broadcast and streaming rights in Australia through the 2033-34 season.

Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited (ASX:NEC) shares were priced at $0.665 during the trading session on 22 October 2026, down 0.746% (down $0.005). The stock carries an annual dividend yield of 11.19%, and its latest dividend is 3.0 cents per share. Nine Entertainment is an Australian media company with television, streaming and publishing assets, including Stan. On 10 September 2026 it announced an extension of its Premier League broadcast and streaming rights in Australia through the 2033-34 season.

Trading snapshot

During the session on 22 October 2026, NEC traded at $0.665, down 0.746% (down $0.005), against a previous close of $0.670. The day range was $0.660 to $0.675, the bid-offer range was $0.660 to $0.680, and 5,456,826 shares had changed hands, compared with an average daily volume of 6,046,182. Market capitalisation is $1.06 billion, and there are 1,585,762,123 shares on issue. The company listed on 6 December 2013.

Fundamentals include revenue of $2.19 billion, enterprise value of $2.64 billion, total assets of $3.66 billion and total liabilities of $2.48 billion. The stock is trading with an ex-dividend status.

About Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited: business overview

Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited operates the Nine television network, the Stan streaming service, digital and publishing assets and radio and outdoor businesses. It acquired the Australian Premier League rights from Optus in 2025 and uses Stan as the primary platform for the product.

Premier League rights extension (10 September 2026)

Nine announced it had extended its Australian streaming and broadcast rights agreement for the Premier League for the 2028-29 to 2033-34 seasons, a six-year term, covering all Australian streaming and broadcast rights, subscription and free. The league runs across 38 match weeks with 10 matches per week, and the product is intended to be primarily available on Stan, with Nine’s other broadcast, media and outdoor assets used to promote the sport.

The FY29 rights fee will be broadly in line with FY28, before scaling through the six-year period, equal to a compound annual growth rate of about 3% from the end of the current deal to the end of the new deal. Nine said the end of Optus contributions payable since it acquired the rights in 2025 will increase the cost to Stan, but that it expected this to be covered by removing the subscription discount for legacy Optus subscribers and other cost-saving and revenue initiatives.

Stan Sport and the dividend

Nine said Stan’s EBITDA had more than doubled from $40 million in FY21 to $81 million in FY26, and that Premier League has been key to 50% growth in average Sport subscribers over the past 12 months, with a $5 per month increase in Sport subscription rates in August 2025. The latest dividend is a final dividend of 3.0 cents per share, unfranked, with an ex-date of 10 September 2026 and a payment date of 22 October 2026, the same date as the session.

The dividend and the yield figure

NEC carries an annual dividend yield of 11.19%. The latest dividend is described as a final dividend of 3.0 cents per share, with an ex-date of 10 September 2026, a record date of 11 September 2026 and a payment date of 22 October 2026. Franking is 0%.

The latest dividend alone is equal to about 4.5% of the share price of $0.665, a figure calculated for this article. The annual yield is quoted as an annual measure and is higher than that figure, which means it reflects more than the latest single dividend. Annual yield figures are not forecasts and are not a recommendation.

Related sector context

Media and streaming companies are influenced by advertising demand, subscription growth, content and sports rights costs and audience trends. Sports rights agreements are typically multi-year commitments, and companies report segment earnings such as streaming EBITDA alongside group results.

Risks to weigh in

Sports rights agreements are long-term cost commitments, and the release notes costs will rise through the contract period. Streaming subscriber growth and advertising demand can change, and media earnings can be volatile. The dividend is unfranked, and the annual yield of 11.19% is calculated on a share price of $0.665, a level at which small price changes produce large changes in the yield.

Catalysts on watch

Nine’s half-year results and the next dividend declaration.

Stan subscriber and pricing developments around the Premier League.

Progress on cost-saving and revenue initiatives referred to in the announcement.

Wrapping up

Nine carries an 11.19% annual yield from an unfranked 3.0 cent final dividend, and its latest announcement secures Premier League rights through 2034. Later results will show how rights costs and subscriber growth balance.