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Data last updated: Sep 02, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 02, 2026): InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) pays a $1.23 annual dividend ($0.31 quarterly), yielding 0.79% at $155.27/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-21. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.79%
Annual Dividend: $1.23 per share
Payout Ratio: 39.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-21
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Years of Dividend History: 22
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC dividend investors get exposure to one of the world's largest hotel operators, running brands from Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza to luxury names like Six Senses across roughly 100 countries. The current yield is 0.76%, paid quarterly, with a trailing annual rate of $1.2279 per share and the next ex-dividend date set for August 21, 2026. IHG's beta of 1.033 tracks closely with the broader market, meaning the stock moves in line with general equity swings rather than offering the low-volatility profile some income investors seek. Growth-oriented dividend investors will find more to like here than pure income seekers.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC pays out 39.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That level leaves meaningful room to sustain the dividend even if earnings soften, a buffer that matters for a company operating across cyclical travel and lodging markets in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and beyond. The clearest pressure point for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC dividend safety is the Consumer Cyclical sector classification: hotel demand is tied to economic conditions, and the dividend history already contains at least one year-over-year decline, confirming the payout is not immune to downturns.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.9% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.5662 to $2.8740 over that period (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 798.3% in 2016, which reflects the lumpy, special-payment pattern visible in the history table rather than a sustained acceleration in the base dividend.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +30.3% | $1.30 (2022) | $2.87 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +20.5% | $1.13 (2018) | $2.87 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +0.1% | $2.85 (2013) | $2.87 (2025) |
IHG stock fits growth-and-income investors who are willing to accept a low current yield in exchange for a dividend that has compounded at 8.9% annually over nearly two decades. The yield sits at 0.76%, classified as low (below 2%), and runs below the stock's own 5-year average yield of 0.94%, so buyers today are getting less income per dollar invested than the historical norm. The 39.0% payout ratio keeps the dividend well-covered, and three consecutive years of increases show a rebuilding pattern after past disruptions. The trade-off is straightforward: IHG offers dividend growth potential anchored in a global hotel franchise business, but current income is thin.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.6450 |
| 2026-04-10 | $1.2590 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.5860 |
| 2025-04-04 | $2.2880 |
| 2024-08-30 | $0.5320 |
| 2024-04-04 | $1.0400 |
| 2023-08-31 | $0.4830 |
| 2023-03-30 | $0.9450 |
| 2022-09-01 | $0.4390 |
| 2022-03-31 | $0.8590 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.9040 |
| 2025 | $2.8740 |
| 2024 | $1.5720 |
| 2023 | $1.4280 |
| 2022 | $1.2980 |
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