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ATO Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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ATO Dividend answer
ATO (ATO) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.32%, or $4.00 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.32%, from $4.00 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.00 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Aug 24, 2026. Payment date: Sep 8, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
ATO Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next ATO Dividend Date
When ATO next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next ATO dividend
ATO's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $1.00 per share. Data last checked: Oct 10, 2026.
Latest ATO Dividend Dates
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ATO Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
ATO Annual Dividend History
ATO Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.00, event yield 2.38%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 8.97%
- Cohort rank
- #123
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Utilities rank
- #5
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.350
- 2025 regular DPS
- $3.610
- Absolute change
- $1.260
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
ATO's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 8.97% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #123 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
ATO Dividend Yield
How ATO's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
ATO's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent ATO dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.38% | Quarterly | $4.00 | Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $3.87 | May 6, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $3.74 | Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $1.00 | $1.00 | 2.07% | Quarterly | $3.61 | Nov 5, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 2.10% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Aug 6, 2025 | Aug 25, 2025 | Sep 8, 2025 |
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| May 27, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $3.42 | May 7, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | Jun 9, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 2.23% | Quarterly | $3.35 | Feb 4, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Nov 25, 2024 | $0.87 | $0.87 | 2.19% | Quarterly | $3.29 | Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 25, 2024 | Dec 9, 2024 |
| Aug 26, 2024 | $0.805 | $0.805 | 2.47% | Quarterly | $3.22 | Aug 7, 2024 | Aug 26, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 |
| May 24, 2024 | $0.805 | $0.805 | 2.80% | Quarterly | $3.16 | May 8, 2024 | May 28, 2024 | Jun 10, 2024 |
| Feb 23, 2024 | $0.805 | $0.805 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $3.09 | Feb 6, 2024 | Feb 26, 2024 | Mar 11, 2024 |
| Nov 24, 2023 | $0.805 | $0.805 | 2.70% | Quarterly | $3.03 | Nov 8, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Aug 18, 2023 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 2.53% | Quarterly | $2.96 | Aug 2, 2023 | Aug 21, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 |
| May 19, 2023 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 2.49% | Quarterly | $2.90 | May 3, 2023 | May 22, 2023 | Jun 5, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 2.45% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Feb 7, 2023 | Feb 20, 2023 | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Nov 25, 2022 | $0.74 | $0.74 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $2.78 | Nov 9, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Aug 19, 2022 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 2.30% | Quarterly | $2.72 | Aug 3, 2022 | Aug 22, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 |
| May 20, 2022 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 2.39% | Quarterly | $2.67 | May 4, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Feb 17, 2022 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 2.45% | Quarterly | $2.61 | Feb 8, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 | Mar 7, 2022 |
| Nov 26, 2021 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $2.56 | Nov 10, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 | Dec 13, 2021 |
| Aug 20, 2021 | $0.625 | $0.625 | 2.53% | Quarterly | $2.50 | Aug 4, 2021 | Aug 23, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 |
| May 21, 2021 | $0.625 | $0.625 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $2.45 | May 5, 2021 | May 24, 2021 | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Feb 19, 2021 | $0.625 | $0.625 | 2.57% | Quarterly | $2.40 | Feb 2, 2021 | Feb 22, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 |
| Nov 27, 2020 | $0.625 | $0.625 | 2.43% | Quarterly | $2.35 | Nov 11, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Aug 21, 2020 | $0.575 | $0.575 | 2.28% | Quarterly | $2.30 | Aug 5, 2020 | Aug 24, 2020 | Sep 8, 2020 |
| May 22, 2020 | $0.575 | $0.575 | 2.29% | Quarterly | $2.25 | May 6, 2020 | May 26, 2020 | Jun 8, 2020 |
| Feb 21, 2020 | $0.575 | $0.575 | 1.85% | Quarterly | $2.20 | Feb 4, 2020 | Feb 24, 2020 | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Nov 22, 2019 | $0.575 | $0.575 | 2.00% | Quarterly | $2.15 | Nov 6, 2019 | Nov 25, 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 |
| Aug 23, 2019 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 1.93% | Quarterly | $2.10 | Aug 7, 2019 | Aug 26, 2019 | Sep 9, 2019 |
| May 24, 2019 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.00% | Quarterly | $2.06 | May 7, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $2.02 | Feb 5, 2019 | Feb 25, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 |
| Nov 23, 2018 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $1.98 | Nov 7, 2018 | Nov 26, 2018 | Dec 10, 2018 |
| Aug 24, 2018 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 2.10% | Quarterly | $1.94 | Aug 8, 2018 | Aug 27, 2018 | Sep 10, 2018 |
| May 18, 2018 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 2.24% | Quarterly | $1.91 | May 2, 2018 | May 21, 2018 | Jun 4, 2018 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 2.26% | Quarterly | $1.87 | Feb 6, 2018 | Feb 26, 2018 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Nov 24, 2017 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 2.07% | Quarterly | $1.84 | Nov 7, 2017 | Nov 27, 2017 | Dec 11, 2017 |
| Aug 17, 2017 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.06% | Quarterly | — | Aug 3, 2017 | Aug 21, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| May 18, 2017 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.20% | Quarterly | — | May 8, 2017 | May 22, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 |
| Feb 23, 2017 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.24% | Quarterly | — | Feb 8, 2017 | Feb 27, 2017 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Nov 23, 2016 | $0.45 | $0.45 | 2.39% | Quarterly | — | Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 28, 2016 | Dec 12, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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ATO Dividends FAQ
Does ATO pay a dividend?
ATO (ATO) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.00 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is ATO's dividend yield?
ATO's trailing dividend yield is 2.32%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is ATO's next dividend?
ATO's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is ATO's ex-dividend date?
ATO's latest covered ex-dividend date is Aug 24, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has ATO's dividend changed?
ATO's one-year dividend growth is 14.94% based on comparable covered dividend history.