Annual Dividend (TTM)
$2.0000
Quarterly
Dividend Yield
2.78%
Last ex-date: Mar 13, 2026
Payout Ratio (TTM)
93.35%
Percentage of earnings paid as dividends
Dividend Growth
5.26%
8 consecutive years

The Williams Companies (WMB) Dividend Statistics & Metrics

Comprehensive dividend yields, CAGR growth rates, payout ratios, and payment frequency analysis

Payment Details

Dividend payment schedule and frequency details

FrequencyQuarterly
Last Payment$0.5250
Last Ex-DateMar 13, 2026
Last Payment DateMar 30, 2026

Growth Metrics

Dividend CAGR and consecutive years of growth

Consecutive Years8 years
TTM Growth (YoY)5.26%
3-Year CAGR5.57%
5-Year CAGR4.56%
10-Year CAGR-2.01%

Historical Averages

Multi-year dividend averages and payout ratio

Payout Ratio (TTM)93.35%
5-Year Average$1.8064
10-Year Average$1.6392
First PaymentMar 1, 1982

The Williams Companies (WMB) Dividend Payment History

Complete ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, amounts, and frequency

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Complete dividend payment history including ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, declaration dates, amounts, frequency, and type
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateDeclaration DateAmountFrequency
Mar 13, 2026Mar 13, 2026Mar 30, 2026Jan 27, 2026$0.5250Quarterly
Dec 12, 2025Dec 12, 2025Dec 29, 2025Oct 28, 2025$0.5000Quarterly
Sep 12, 2025Sep 12, 2025Sep 29, 2025Jul 29, 2025$0.5000Quarterly
Jun 13, 2025Jun 13, 2025Jun 30, 2025Apr 29, 2025$0.5000Quarterly
Mar 14, 2025Mar 14, 2025Mar 31, 2025Jan 28, 2025$0.5000Quarterly
Dec 13, 2024Dec 13, 2024Dec 30, 2024Nov 5, 2024$0.4750Quarterly
Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024Sep 30, 2024Jul 30, 2024$0.4750Quarterly
Jun 7, 2024Jun 7, 2024Jun 24, 2024Apr 30, 2024$0.4750Quarterly
Mar 7, 2024Mar 8, 2024Mar 25, 2024Jan 30, 2024$0.4750Quarterly
Dec 7, 2023Dec 8, 2023Dec 26, 2023Oct 24, 2023$0.4480Quarterly
Sep 8, 2023Sep 11, 2023Sep 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023$0.4480Quarterly
Jun 9, 2023Jun 12, 2023Jun 26, 2023Apr 25, 2023$0.4480Quarterly
Mar 10, 2023Mar 13, 2023Mar 27, 2023Jan 31, 2023$0.4480Quarterly
Dec 8, 2022Dec 9, 2022Dec 26, 2022Oct 25, 2022$0.4250Quarterly
Sep 8, 2022Sep 9, 2022Sep 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022$0.4250Quarterly
Jun 9, 2022Jun 10, 2022Jun 27, 2022Apr 26, 2022$0.4250Quarterly
Mar 10, 2022Mar 11, 2022Mar 28, 2022Feb 1, 2022$0.4250Quarterly
Dec 9, 2021Dec 10, 2021Dec 27, 2021Oct 26, 2021$0.4100Quarterly
Sep 9, 2021Sep 10, 2021Sep 27, 2021Jul 28, 2021$0.4100Quarterly
Jun 10, 2021Jun 11, 2021Jun 28, 2021Apr 27, 2021$0.4100Quarterly
Mar 11, 2021Mar 12, 2021Mar 29, 2021Jan 26, 2021$0.4100Quarterly
Dec 10, 2020-Dec 28, 2020Oct 27, 2020$0.4000Quarterly
Sep 10, 2020-Sep 28, 2020Jul 29, 2020$0.4000Quarterly
Jun 11, 2020-Jun 29, 2020Apr 28, 2020$0.4000Quarterly
Mar 12, 2020-Mar 30, 2020Jan 28, 2020$0.4000Quarterly
Dec 12, 2019-Dec 30, 2019Nov 7, 2019$0.3800Quarterly
Sep 12, 2019-Sep 30, 2019Aug 14, 2019$0.3800Quarterly
Jun 6, 2019-Jun 24, 2019May 9, 2019$0.3800Quarterly
Mar 7, 2019-Mar 25, 2019Feb 20, 2019$0.3800Quarterly
Dec 13, 2018-Dec 31, 2018Nov 8, 2018$0.3400Quarterly
Sep 6, 2018-Sep 24, 2018Aug 15, 2018$0.3400Quarterly
Jun 7, 2018-Jun 25, 2018May 10, 2018$0.3400Quarterly
Mar 8, 2018-Mar 26, 2018Feb 21, 2018$0.3400Quarterly
Dec 7, 2017-Dec 26, 2017Nov 16, 2017$0.3000Quarterly
Sep 7, 2017-Sep 25, 2017Aug 17, 2017$0.3000Quarterly
Jun 7, 2017-Jun 26, 2017May 18, 2017$0.3000Quarterly
Mar 8, 2017-Mar 27, 2017Feb 21, 2017$0.3000Quarterly
Dec 7, 2016-Dec 27, 2016Nov 22, 2016$0.2000Quarterly
Sep 7, 2016-Sep 26, 2016Aug 19, 2016$0.2000Quarterly
Jun 16, 2016-Jun 27, 2016Jun 8, 2016$0.6400Quarterly
Mar 10, 2016-Mar 28, 2016Mar 3, 2016$0.6400Quarterly
Dec 9, 2015-Dec 28, 2015Nov 19, 2015$0.6400Quarterly
Sep 22, 2015-Sep 30, 2015Sep 11, 2015$0.6400Quarterly
Jun 10, 2015-Jun 29, 2015May 21, 2015$0.5900Quarterly
Mar 11, 2015-Mar 30, 2015Feb 11, 2015$0.5800Quarterly
Dec 10, 2014-Dec 29, 2014Nov 18, 2014$0.5700Quarterly
Sep 10, 2014-Sep 29, 2014Aug 21, 2014$0.5600Quarterly
Jun 11, 2014-Jun 30, 2014May 22, 2014$0.4250Quarterly
Mar 12, 2014-Mar 31, 2014Jan 23, 2014$0.4030Quarterly
Dec 11, 2013-Dec 30, 2013Nov 21, 2013$0.3800Quarterly
Sep 11, 2013-Sep 30, 2013Aug 21, 2013$0.3660Quarterly
Jun 5, 2013-Jun 24, 2013May 16, 2013$0.3520Quarterly
Mar 6, 2013-Mar 25, 2013Jan 17, 2013$0.3390Quarterly
Dec 5, 2012-Dec 24, 2012Oct 15, 2012$0.3250Quarterly
Aug 22, 2012-Sep 10, 2012Jul 19, 2012$0.3130Quarterly
Jun 6, 2012-Jun 25, 2012May 18, 2012$0.3000Quarterly
Mar 7, 2012-Mar 26, 2012Jan 20, 2012$0.2590Quarterly
Dec 7, 2011-Dec 27, 2011Nov 17, 2011$0.2038Quarterly
Aug 24, 2011-Sep 12, 2011Jul 20, 2011$0.1630Quarterly
Jun 8, 2011-Jun 27, 2011Apr 26, 2011$0.1630Quarterly
Mar 9, 2011-Mar 28, 2011Jan 21, 2011$0.1019Quarterly
Dec 8, 2010-Dec 27, 2010Nov 18, 2010$0.1019Quarterly
Aug 25, 2010-Sep 13, 2010Jul 15, 2010$0.1019Quarterly
Jun 9, 2010-Jun 28, 2010Apr 27, 2010$0.1019Quarterly
Mar 10, 2010-Mar 29, 2010Jan 25, 2010$0.0897Quarterly
Dec 9, 2009-Dec 28, 2009Nov 19, 2009$0.0897Quarterly
Aug 26, 2009-Sep 14, 2009Jul 14, 2009$0.0897Quarterly
Jun 10, 2009-Jun 29, 2009May 21, 2009$0.0897Quarterly
Mar 11, 2009-Mar 30, 2009Jan 22, 2009$0.0897Quarterly
Dec 10, 2008-Dec 29, 2008Nov 20, 2008$0.0897Quarterly
Aug 20, 2008-Sep 8, 2008Jul 17, 2008$0.0897Quarterly
Jun 11, 2008-Jun 30, 2008May 15, 2008$0.0897Quarterly
Mar 12, 2008-Mar 31, 2008Jan 25, 2008$0.0815Quarterly
Dec 12, 2007-Dec 31, 2007Nov 15, 2007$0.0815Quarterly
Aug 22, 2007-Sep 10, 2007Jul 19, 2007$0.0815Quarterly
May 23, 2007-Jun 11, 2007Apr 10, 2007$0.0815Quarterly
Mar 7, 2007-Mar 26, 2007Jan 29, 2007$0.0734Quarterly
Dec 6, 2006-Dec 26, 2006Nov 15, 2006$0.0734Quarterly
Aug 23, 2006-Sep 11, 2006Jul 20, 2006$0.0734Quarterly
Jun 7, 2006-Jun 26, 2006May 18, 2006$0.0734Quarterly
Mar 8, 2006-Mar 27, 2006Jan 27, 2006$0.0611Quarterly
Dec 7, 2005-Dec 26, 2005Nov 17, 2005$0.0611Quarterly
Aug 24, 2005-Sep 12, 2005Jul 20, 2005$0.0611Quarterly
Jun 8, 2005-Jun 27, 2005May 20, 2005$0.0408Quarterly
Mar 9, 2005-Mar 28, 2005Jan 28, 2005$0.0408Quarterly
Jan 28, 2005-Feb 16, 2005-$0.4598Quarterly
Dec 8, 2004-Dec 27, 2004Nov 17, 2004$0.0408Quarterly
Nov 16, 2004-Nov 16, 2004-$0.0517-
Oct 28, 2004-Nov 16, 2004-$0.4598Quarterly
Aug 25, 2004-Sep 13, 2004Jul 16, 2004$0.0082Quarterly
Jul 28, 2004-Aug 16, 2004-$0.4598Quarterly
Jun 9, 2004-Jun 28, 2004May 20, 2004$0.0082Quarterly
Apr 28, 2004-May 17, 2004-$0.4598Quarterly
Mar 10, 2004-Mar 29, 2004Jan 23, 2004$0.0082Quarterly
Jan 28, 2004-Feb 17, 2004-$0.4598Quarterly
Dec 10, 2003-Dec 29, 2003Nov 20, 2003$0.0082Quarterly
Oct 29, 2003-Nov 17, 2003-$0.4598Quarterly
Aug 20, 2003-Sep 8, 2003Jul 16, 2003$0.0082Quarterly
Jul 30, 2003-Aug 18, 2003-$0.4598Quarterly
Jun 11, 2003-Jun 30, 2003May 15, 2003$0.0082Quarterly
Apr 29, 2003-May 16, 2003-$0.4598Quarterly
Mar 12, 2003-Mar 31, 2003Jan 27, 2003$0.0082Quarterly
Jan 29, 2003-Feb 18, 2003-$0.4598Quarterly
Dec 11, 2002-Dec 30, 2002Nov 21, 2002$0.0082Quarterly
Oct 30, 2002-Nov 18, 2002-$0.4598Quarterly
Aug 21, 2002-Sep 9, 2002Jul 25, 2002$0.0082Quarterly
Jul 30, 2002-Aug 16, 2002-$0.4598Quarterly
Jun 5, 2002-Jun 24, 2002May 16, 2002$0.1630Quarterly
Apr 29, 2002-May 16, 2002-$0.1630-
Mar 13, 2002-Mar 25, 2002Jan 22, 2002$0.1630Quarterly
Dec 12, 2001-Dec 31, 2001Nov 15, 2001$0.1630Quarterly
Aug 22, 2001-Sep 10, 2001Jul 23, 2001$0.1467Quarterly
Jun 6, 2001-Jun 25, 2001May 21, 2001$0.1223Quarterly
Mar 7, 2001-Mar 26, 2001Jan 22, 2001$0.1123Quarterly
Dec 6, 2000-Dec 25, 2000Nov 16, 2000$0.1123Quarterly
Aug 23, 2000-Sep 11, 2000Jul 24, 2000$0.1123Quarterly
Jun 7, 2000-Jun 26, 2000May 19, 2000$0.1123Quarterly
Mar 8, 2000-Mar 27, 2000Jan 24, 2000$0.1123Quarterly
Dec 8, 1999-Dec 27, 1999-$0.1123Quarterly
Aug 25, 1999-Sep 13, 1999Jul 26, 1999$0.1123Quarterly
Jun 9, 1999-Jun 28, 1999May 20, 1999$0.1123Quarterly
Mar 10, 1999-Mar 29, 1999Jan 25, 1999$0.1123Quarterly
Dec 9, 1998-Dec 28, 1998Nov 20, 1998$0.1123Quarterly
Aug 26, 1998-Sep 14, 1998Jul 27, 1998$0.1123Quarterly
Jun 3, 1998-Jun 29, 1998May 21, 1998$0.1123Quarterly
Mar 12, 1998-Mar 30, 1998Jan 26, 1998$0.1123Quarterly
Dec 3, 1997-Dec 29, 1997Nov 24, 1997$0.1123Quarterly
Aug 20, 1997-Sep 15, 1997Jul 28, 1997$0.0973Quarterly
May 28, 1997-Jun 23, 1997May 15, 1997$0.0973Quarterly
Mar 5, 1997-Mar 31, 1997Jan 27, 1997$0.0973Quarterly
Dec 4, 1996-Dec 30, 1996Nov 21, 1996$0.0973Quarterly
Aug 21, 1996-Sep 16, 1996Jul 22, 1996$0.0848Quarterly
May 29, 1996-Jun 24, 1996May 16, 1996$0.0848Quarterly
Feb 28, 1996-Mar 25, 1996Jan 22, 1996$0.0848Quarterly
Nov 29, 1995-Dec 26, 1995Nov 16, 1995$0.0674Quarterly
Aug 23, 1995-Sep 18, 1995Jul 24, 1995$0.0674Quarterly
May 26, 1995-Jun 26, 1995May 18, 1995$0.0674Quarterly
Feb 27, 1995-Mar 27, 1995Jan 23, 1995$0.0674Quarterly
Nov 28, 1994-Dec 26, 1994-$0.0524Quarterly
Aug 22, 1994-Sep 19, 1994-$0.0524Quarterly
May 27, 1994-Jun 27, 1994-$0.0524Quarterly
Feb 28, 1994-Mar 28, 1994-$0.0524Quarterly
Nov 29, 1993-Dec 27, 1993-$0.0524Quarterly
Aug 23, 1993-Sep 20, 1993-$0.0474Quarterly
May 24, 1993-Jun 21, 1993-$0.0474Quarterly
Mar 8, 1993-Mar 29, 1993-$0.0474Quarterly
Nov 30, 1992-Dec 28, 1992-$0.0474Quarterly
Aug 24, 1992-Sep 21, 1992-$0.0474Quarterly
May 22, 1992-Jun 22, 1992-$0.0474Quarterly
Mar 9, 1992-Mar 30, 1992-$0.0474Quarterly
Nov 22, 1991-Dec 23, 1991-$0.0437Quarterly
Aug 19, 1991-Sep 16, 1991-$0.0437Quarterly
May 24, 1991-Jun 24, 1991-$0.0437Quarterly
Feb 25, 1991-Mar 25, 1991-$0.0437Quarterly
Nov 26, 1990-Dec 24, 1990Nov 20, 1990$0.0437Quarterly
Aug 20, 1990-Sep 17, 1990Jul 12, 1990$0.0437Quarterly
May 25, 1990-Jun 25, 1990May 3, 1990$0.0437Quarterly
Mar 12, 1990-Mar 12, 1990-$0.1210-
Feb 26, 1990-Mar 26, 1990Jan 23, 1990$0.0437Quarterly
Nov 27, 1989-Dec 26, 1989Nov 20, 1989$0.0437Quarterly
Aug 21, 1989-Sep 18, 1989Jul 19, 1989$0.0437Quarterly
May 26, 1989-Jun 26, 1989May 4, 1989$0.0437-
Feb 27, 1989-Mar 26, 1989Jan 25, 1989$0.0437-
Nov 28, 1988-Dec 27, 1988Nov 16, 1988$0.0437-
Aug 22, 1988-Sep 19, 1988Jul 13, 1988$0.0437-
May 27, 1988-Jun 27, 1988May 5, 1988$0.0437-
Feb 29, 1988-Mar 28, 1988Jan 25, 1988$0.0437-
Nov 30, 1987-Dec 28, 1987Nov 16, 1987$0.0437-
Aug 24, 1987-Sep 21, 1987Jul 13, 1987$0.0437-
May 26, 1987-Jun 22, 1987May 20, 1987$0.0437-
Mar 3, 1987-Mar 30, 1987Jan 28, 1987$0.0437-
Dec 1, 1986-Dec 1, 1986-$0.0437-
Aug 25, 1986-Aug 25, 1986-$0.0437-
May 23, 1986-May 23, 1986-$0.0437-
Mar 4, 1986-Mar 4, 1986-$0.0437-
Dec 2, 1985-Dec 2, 1985-$0.0437-
Aug 26, 1985-Aug 26, 1985-$0.0437-
May 28, 1985-May 28, 1985-$0.0437-
Mar 4, 1985-Mar 4, 1985-$0.0437-
Dec 3, 1984-Dec 3, 1984-$0.0437-
Aug 27, 1984---$0.0374-
May 29, 1984---$0.0374-
Feb 29, 1984---$0.0374-
Nov 28, 1983---$0.0374-
Aug 29, 1983---$0.0374-
May 27, 1983---$0.0374-
Mar 1, 1983---$0.0374-
Nov 29, 1982---$0.0374-
Aug 30, 1982---$0.0374-
May 28, 1982---$0.0374-
Mar 1, 1982---$0.0374-