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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG) pays a $0.42 annual dividend ($0.11 quarterly), yielding 1.89% at $22.25/share. Next ex-dividend date 2021-08-11. 6+ consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.89%
Annual Dividend: $0.42 per share
Payout Ratio: 40.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2021-08-11
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Energy
Years of Dividend History: 9
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation dividend investors are looking at a natural gas producer focused almost entirely on the Marcellus Shale in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. COG pays a quarterly dividend, with a trailing annual rate of $0.42 per share and an ex-dividend date of August 11, 2021. The current yield sits at 1.89%. With a beta of 0.142, COG stock moves far less than the broader market, which suits investors who want energy exposure without sharp price swings.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation pays out 40.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as moderate (40-60%). That level leaves meaningful room to sustain payments even if natural gas prices soften, given that COG's operations are concentrated in a single, well-defined acreage position in the Marcellus Shale. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation dividend safety faces its most direct pressure from commodity price volatility, since revenue from natural gas sales to industrial consumers, utilities, and power generators moves with market prices, not fixed contracts.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 16.2% per year from 2013 to 2020. Per-share payments grew from $0.14 to $0.40 over that window (2021 data is partial and excluded from the rate calculation). The largest single-year jump was 70.0% in 2017, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the growth path has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +8.6% | $0.25 (2018) | $0.32 (2021) |
| 5-Year | +26.2% | $0.10 (2016) | $0.32 (2021) |
COG fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend expansion from a focused natural gas producer and can accept a low current yield in exchange for it. At 1.89%, the yield is low (below 2%), which limits immediate income. The 5-year average yield is not available for comparison, but the 16.2% annual growth rate over seven years is the defining characteristic here. What an investor gets is a payout that has expanded rapidly from a small base, backed by a moderate 40.4% payout ratio. The trade-off is that current income is thin, and the dividend's trajectory depends on natural gas market conditions.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2021-08-11 | $0.1100 |
| 2021-05-12 | $0.1100 |
| 2021-01-20 | $0.1000 |
| 2020-11-10 | $0.1000 |
| 2020-08-12 | $0.1000 |
| 2020-05-13 | $0.1000 |
| 2020-01-23 | $0.1000 |
| 2019-11-05 | $0.1000 |
| 2019-08-07 | $0.0900 |
| 2019-05-14 | $0.0900 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $0.3200 |
| 2020 | $0.4000 |
| 2019 | $0.3500 |
| 2018 | $0.2500 |
| 2017 | $0.1700 |
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