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KO Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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KOThe Coca-Cola Company
Consumer Defensive / Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
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- Momentum80
- Value27
- Quality80
- Risk resilience57
- Sentiment73
KO Dividend answer
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.29%, or $2.12 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.27%, from $2.10 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.53 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Dec 1, 2026. Payment date: Dec 15, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.53 per share.
KO Dividend Snapshot
Dividend growth, consistency, payout ratio, FCF coverage, and long history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next KO Dividend Date
When KO next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next KO dividend
KO's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest KO Dividend Dates
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KO 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.
KO Annual Dividend History
KO Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.53, event yield 2.35%.
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
- 4.46%
- Cohort rank
- #269
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Consumer Defensive rank
- #18
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.640
- 2025 regular DPS
- $2.040
- Absolute change
- $0.400
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
KO's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 4.46% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #269 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.
KO Dividend Yield
How KO's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
KO'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 KO dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.53 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $2.10 | Jul 15, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.53 | 2.57% | Quarterly | $2.08 | Apr 30, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.53 | 2.66% | Quarterly | $2.06 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 2.84% | Quarterly | $2.04 | Oct 16, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 3.04% | Quarterly | $2.02 | Jul 17, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
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| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 2.80% | Quarterly | $1.99 | May 1, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.51 | 2.84% | Quarterly | $1.96 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 3.03% | Quarterly | $1.94 | Oct 17, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Sep 13, 2024 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 2.68% | Quarterly | $1.92 | Jul 29, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 3.02% | Quarterly | $1.89 | May 2, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.485 | $0.485 | 3.08% | Quarterly | $1.87 | Feb 15, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 3.15% | Quarterly | $1.84 | Oct 19, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 3.11% | Quarterly | $1.82 | Jul 19, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Jun 15, 2023 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 2.94% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Apr 26, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 |
| Mar 16, 2023 | $0.46 | $0.46 | 2.95% | Quarterly | $1.78 | Feb 16, 2023 | Mar 17, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 2.77% | Quarterly | $1.76 | Oct 20, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2022 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 2.92% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Jul 21, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Jun 14, 2022 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 2.90% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Apr 27, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Mar 14, 2022 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 2.90% | Quarterly | $1.70 | Feb 17, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 |
| Nov 30, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 3.20% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Oct 21, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 3.00% | Quarterly | $1.67 | Jul 14, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Jun 14, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 2.99% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Apr 21, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 3.28% | Quarterly | $1.65 | Feb 18, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Nov 30, 2020 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 3.18% | Quarterly | $1.64 | Oct 15, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Sep 14, 2020 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 3.21% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Jul 16, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Jun 12, 2020 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 3.55% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Apr 22, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 3.32% | Quarterly | $1.61 | Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 |
| Nov 29, 2019 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.00% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Oct 17, 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 |
| Sep 13, 2019 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 2.93% | Quarterly | $1.59 | Jul 18, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 |
| Jun 13, 2019 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.09% | Quarterly | $1.58 | Apr 25, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $1.57 | Feb 21, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 |
| Nov 29, 2018 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.18% | Quarterly | $1.56 | Oct 18, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 |
| Sep 13, 2018 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.36% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Jul 19, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oct 1, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.49% | Quarterly | $1.52 | Apr 26, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 |
| Mar 14, 2018 | $0.39 | $0.39 | 3.43% | Quarterly | $1.50 | Feb 15, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Nov 30, 2017 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 3.23% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Oct 19, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Sep 14, 2017 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 3.17% | Quarterly | $1.46 | Jul 21, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Jun 13, 2017 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 3.20% | Quarterly | — | Apr 28, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 |
| Mar 13, 2017 | $0.37 | $0.37 | 3.38% | Quarterly | — | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Nov 29, 2016 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.40% | Quarterly | — | Oct 20, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 |
| Sep 13, 2016 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.26% | Quarterly | — | Jul 21, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Oct 3, 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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KO Dividends FAQ
Does KO pay a dividend?
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.53 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is KO's dividend yield?
KO's trailing dividend yield is 2.27%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is KO's next dividend?
KO's next announced dividend is $0.53 per share with an ex-dividend date of Dec 1, 2026 and payment date of Dec 15, 2026.
When is KO's ex-dividend date?
KO's next announced ex-dividend date is Dec 1, 2026.
How has KO's dividend changed?
KO's one-year dividend growth is 4.22% based on comparable covered dividend history.