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WMB Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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WMBThe Williams Companies, Inc.
Energy / Oil & Gas Midstream
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In Line With Peers
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- Value24
- Quality54
- Risk resilience42
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WMB Dividend answer
The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.88%, or $2.10 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.85%, from $2.08 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.525 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 11, 2026. Payment date: Sep 28, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
WMB 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 WMB Dividend Date
When WMB next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next WMB dividend
WMB's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.525 per share. Data last checked: Oct 4, 2026.
Latest WMB Dividend Dates
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WMB 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.
WMB Annual Dividend History
WMB Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.525, event yield 2.85%.
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
- 4.56%
- Cohort rank
- #262
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Energy rank
- #7
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.600
- 2025 regular DPS
- $2.000
- Absolute change
- $0.400
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
WMB's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 4.56% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #262 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.
WMB Dividend Yield
How WMB's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
WMB'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 WMB dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.85% | Quarterly | $2.08 | Jul 28, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.84% | Quarterly | $2.05 | Apr 28, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.525 | $0.525 | 2.76% | Quarterly | $2.03 | Jan 27, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | 3.35% | Quarterly | $2.00 | Oct 28, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | 3.36% | Quarterly | $1.98 | Jul 29, 2025 | Sep 12, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 |
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| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | 3.26% | Quarterly | $1.95 | Apr 29, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.50 | 3.36% | Quarterly | $1.92 | Jan 28, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 3.49% | Quarterly | $1.90 | Nov 5, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 |
| Sep 13, 2024 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 4.16% | Quarterly | $1.87 | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 4.53% | Quarterly | $1.85 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | Jun 24, 2024 |
| Mar 7, 2024 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 5.06% | Quarterly | $1.82 | Jan 30, 2024 | Mar 8, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 |
| Dec 7, 2023 | $0.4475 | $0.4475 | 5.12% | Quarterly | $1.79 | Oct 24, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Sep 8, 2023 | $0.4475 | $0.4475 | 5.23% | Quarterly | $1.77 | Jul 25, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 |
| Jun 9, 2023 | $0.4475 | $0.4475 | 5.74% | Quarterly | $1.75 | Apr 25, 2023 | Jun 12, 2023 | Jun 26, 2023 |
| Mar 10, 2023 | $0.4475 | $0.4475 | 5.96% | Quarterly | $1.72 | Jan 31, 2023 | Mar 13, 2023 | Mar 27, 2023 |
| Dec 8, 2022 | $0.425 | $0.425 | 5.17% | Quarterly | $1.70 | Oct 25, 2022 | Dec 9, 2022 | Dec 26, 2022 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | $0.425 | $0.425 | 5.27% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Jul 26, 2022 | Sep 9, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | $0.425 | $0.425 | 4.69% | Quarterly | $1.67 | Apr 26, 2022 | Jun 10, 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Mar 10, 2022 | $0.425 | $0.425 | 5.09% | Quarterly | $1.65 | Feb 1, 2022 | Mar 11, 2022 | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Dec 9, 2021 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 6.16% | Quarterly | $1.64 | Oct 26, 2021 | Dec 10, 2021 | Dec 27, 2021 |
| Sep 9, 2021 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 6.75% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Jul 28, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | Sep 27, 2021 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 5.85% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Apr 27, 2021 | Jun 11, 2021 | Jun 28, 2021 |
| Mar 11, 2021 | $0.41 | $0.41 | 6.74% | Quarterly | $1.61 | Jan 26, 2021 | Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 |
| Dec 10, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 7.27% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Oct 27, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 |
| Sep 10, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 7.83% | Quarterly | $1.58 | Jul 29, 2020 | Sep 11, 2020 | Sep 28, 2020 |
| Jun 11, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 8.59% | Quarterly | $1.56 | Apr 28, 2020 | Jun 12, 2020 | Jun 29, 2020 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 11.59% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Jan 28, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Dec 12, 2019 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 6.71% | Quarterly | $1.52 | Nov 7, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Sep 12, 2019 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 6.09% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Aug 14, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 5.23% | Quarterly | $1.44 | May 9, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 | Jun 24, 2019 |
| Mar 7, 2019 | $0.38 | $0.38 | 5.20% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Feb 20, 2019 | Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Dec 13, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 5.70% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Nov 8, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Sep 6, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.63% | Quarterly | $1.32 | Aug 15, 2018 | Sep 7, 2018 | Sep 24, 2018 |
| Jun 7, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.85% | Quarterly | $1.28 | May 10, 2018 | Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 25, 2018 |
| Mar 8, 2018 | $0.34 | $0.34 | 4.57% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Feb 21, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 | Mar 26, 2018 |
| Dec 7, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 4.21% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Nov 16, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Sep 7, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.69% | Quarterly | $1.10 | Aug 17, 2017 | Sep 8, 2017 | Sep 25, 2017 |
| Jun 7, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.48% | Quarterly | — | May 18, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Jun 26, 2017 |
| Mar 8, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 4.69% | Quarterly | — | Feb 21, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 27, 2017 |
| Dec 7, 2016 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 5.32% | Quarterly | — | Nov 22, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Sep 7, 2016 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 6.99% | Quarterly | — | Aug 19, 2016 | Sep 9, 2016 | Sep 26, 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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WMB Dividends FAQ
Does WMB pay a dividend?
The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) 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 WMB's dividend yield?
WMB's trailing dividend yield is 2.85%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is WMB's next dividend?
WMB'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 WMB's ex-dividend date?
WMB's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 11, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has WMB's dividend changed?
WMB's one-year dividend growth is 5.06% based on comparable covered dividend history.