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WSM Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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WSMWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.
Consumer Cyclical / Specialty Retail
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WSM Dividend answer
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 1.20%, or $3.04 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 1.16%, from $2.94 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.76 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 16, 2026. Payment date: Nov 20, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.76 per share.
WSM Dividend Snapshot
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Next WSM Dividend Date
When WSM next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next WSM dividend
WSM's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest WSM Dividend Dates
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WSM 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.
WSM Annual Dividend History
WSM Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.76, event yield 1.17%.
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
- 20.95%
- Cohort rank
- #13
- Cohort standing
- Top 5%
- Consumer Cyclical rank
- #2
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.985
- 2025 regular DPS
- $2.550
- Absolute change
- $1.565
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
WSM's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 20.95% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #13 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.
WSM Dividend Yield
How WSM's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
WSM'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 WSM dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.76 | $0.76 | 1.17% | Quarterly | $2.94 | Sep 17, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | Nov 20, 2026 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $0.76 | $0.76 | 1.24% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Jun 11, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | $0.76 | $0.76 | 1.38% | Quarterly | $2.74 | Mar 18, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 | May 22, 2026 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | $0.66 | $0.66 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $2.64 | Dec 17, 2025 | Jan 16, 2026 | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Oct 17, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.66 | 1.38% | Quarterly | $2.55 | Sep 18, 2025 | Oct 17, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 |
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| Jul 18, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.66 | 1.44% | Quarterly | $2.46 | — | Jul 18, 2025 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.66 | $0.66 | 1.70% | Quarterly | $2.37 | Mar 19, 2025 | Apr 17, 2025 | May 24, 2025 |
| Jan 17, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.12% | Quarterly | $2.28 | Dec 12, 2024 | Jan 17, 2025 | Feb 21, 2025 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.50% | Quarterly | $2.16 | Sep 12, 2024 | Oct 18, 2024 | Nov 22, 2024 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $2.03 | Jun 13, 2024 | Jul 19, 2024 | Aug 23, 2024 |
| Apr 18, 2024 | $1.13 | $0.565 | 1.37% | Quarterly | $1.91 | Mar 13, 2024 | Apr 19, 2024 | May 24, 2024 |
| Jan 18, 2024 | $0.90 | $0.45 | 1.74% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Dec 14, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 |
| Oct 19, 2023 | $0.90 | $0.45 | 2.20% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Sep 14, 2023 | Oct 20, 2023 | Nov 24, 2023 |
| Jul 20, 2023 | $0.90 | $0.45 | 2.57% | Quarterly | $1.68 | Jun 15, 2023 | Jul 21, 2023 | Aug 25, 2023 |
| Apr 20, 2023 | $0.90 | $0.45 | 2.65% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Mar 16, 2023 | Apr 21, 2023 | May 26, 2023 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | $0.78 | $0.39 | 2.62% | Quarterly | $1.56 | Dec 15, 2022 | Jan 20, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 |
| Oct 20, 2022 | $0.78 | $0.39 | 2.69% | Quarterly | $1.53 | Sep 15, 2022 | Oct 21, 2022 | Nov 25, 2022 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | $0.78 | $0.39 | 2.12% | Quarterly | $1.49 | Jun 16, 2022 | Jul 22, 2022 | Aug 26, 2022 |
| Apr 21, 2022 | $0.78 | $0.39 | 1.99% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Mar 16, 2022 | Apr 22, 2022 | May 27, 2022 |
| Jan 20, 2022 | $0.71 | $0.355 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Dec 16, 2021 | Jan 21, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Oct 21, 2021 | $0.71 | $0.355 | 1.28% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Aug 25, 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 | Nov 26, 2021 |
| Jul 22, 2021 | $0.59 | $0.295 | 1.45% | Quarterly | $1.12 | Jun 17, 2021 | Jul 23, 2021 | Aug 27, 2021 |
| Apr 22, 2021 | $0.59 | $0.295 | 1.26% | Quarterly | $1.07 | Mar 17, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 | May 28, 2021 |
| Jan 21, 2021 | $0.53 | $0.265 | 1.59% | Quarterly | $1.01 | Dec 18, 2020 | Jan 22, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Oct 22, 2020 | $0.53 | $0.265 | 2.02% | Quarterly | $0.985 | Aug 26, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 |
| Jul 23, 2020 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 2.25% | Quarterly | $0.96 | May 28, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 3.50% | Quarterly | $0.96 | Mar 18, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 | May 29, 2020 |
| Jan 23, 2020 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 2.54% | Quarterly | $0.96 | Dec 20, 2019 | Jan 24, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Oct 24, 2019 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 2.76% | Quarterly | $0.935 | Sep 20, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 | Nov 29, 2019 |
| Jul 25, 2019 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 2.69% | Quarterly | $0.91 | Jun 21, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Apr 25, 2019 | $0.48 | $0.24 | 3.14% | Quarterly | $0.885 | Mar 20, 2019 | Apr 26, 2019 | May 31, 2019 |
| Jan 24, 2019 | $0.43 | $0.215 | 3.32% | Quarterly | $0.86 | Dec 18, 2018 | Jan 25, 2019 | Feb 22, 2019 |
| Oct 25, 2018 | $0.43 | $0.215 | 2.95% | Quarterly | $0.84 | Sep 14, 2018 | Oct 26, 2018 | Nov 21, 2018 |
| Jul 19, 2018 | $0.43 | $0.215 | 2.61% | Quarterly | $0.82 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 | Aug 24, 2018 |
| Apr 26, 2018 | $0.43 | $0.215 | 3.28% | Quarterly | $0.80 | Mar 14, 2018 | Apr 27, 2018 | May 25, 2018 |
| Jan 24, 2018 | $0.39 | $0.195 | 2.91% | Quarterly | $0.78 | Dec 15, 2017 | Jan 25, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Oct 26, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.195 | 2.94% | Quarterly | $0.77 | Sep 15, 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 |
| Jul 19, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.195 | 3.39% | Quarterly | — | Jun 16, 2017 | Jul 21, 2017 | Aug 25, 2017 |
| Apr 26, 2017 | $0.39 | $0.195 | 2.74% | Quarterly | — | Mar 15, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 | May 26, 2017 |
| Jan 24, 2017 | $0.37 | $0.185 | 3.03% | Quarterly | — | Dec 16, 2016 | Jan 26, 2017 | Feb 24, 2017 |
| Oct 25, 2016 | $0.37 | $0.185 | 3.13% | Quarterly | — | Sep 16, 2016 | Oct 27, 2016 | Nov 23, 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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WSM Dividends FAQ
Does WSM pay a dividend?
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.76 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is WSM's dividend yield?
WSM's trailing dividend yield is 1.16%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is WSM's next dividend?
WSM's next announced dividend is $0.76 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 16, 2026 and payment date of Nov 20, 2026.
When is WSM's ex-dividend date?
WSM's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 16, 2026.
How has WSM's dividend changed?
WSM's one-year dividend growth is 15.29% based on comparable covered dividend history.