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Data last updated: Jul 18, 2026
Snapshot (as of Jul 18, 2026): ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) pays a $4.20 annual dividend ($1.07 quarterly), yielding 4.49% at $93.52/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-03. 37 consecutive years of dividend growth (Dividend Aristocrat). Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 4.49%
Annual Dividend: $4.20 per share
Payout Ratio: 74.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-03
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Energy
Years of Dividend History: 42
ONEOK, Inc. dividend income comes from one of the largest natural gas and NGL infrastructure operators in the United States. OKE currently yields 4.67%, paid quarterly, with a trailing annual rate of $4.20 per share and an upcoming ex-dividend date of May 4, 2026. The company's operations span gathering, processing, storage, and transportation across the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions, giving it a broad physical footprint across the energy value chain. A Dividend Aristocrat with 37 consecutive years of increases, OKE suits income investors who want above-average yield backed by a long, unbroken payout history.
ONEOK, Inc. pays out 74.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as elevated (60–75%). That level is supported by the company's extensive infrastructure network, including approximately 17,500 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines and six NGL storage facilities, which serve a broad customer base of E&P companies, utilities, and petrochemical firms. ONEOK, Inc. dividend safety rests on the breadth of that customer base, but a payout ratio near the top of the elevated range leaves limited room to absorb an earnings decline without pressure on the dividend.
ONEOK, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 11.1% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.9454 to $4.12 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump was 64.0% in 2014, while growth slowed to near-flat in 2021 and 2022, when the annual dividend held at $3.74 for three straight years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +3.3% | $3.74 (2022) | $4.12 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +2.0% | $3.74 (2020) | $4.12 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.4% | $2.43 (2015) | $4.12 (2025) |
OKE fits dividend investors who prioritize above-average current income from a large-scale energy infrastructure business. The yield of 4.67% is classified as high (above 4%), and it sits above OKE's own 5-year average of 4.31%, which means buyers today are locking in a yield above the recent norm. Thirty-seven consecutive years of increases earns ONEOK, Inc. its Dividend Aristocrat status, a streak that spans multiple energy cycles. The trade-off is a 74.0% payout ratio that leaves less cushion than lower-yielding peers, and the 11.1% historical CAGR was driven partly by outsized early gains that are unlikely to repeat at the same pace.
OKE is a Dividend Aristocrat with 37 consecutive years of dividend increases.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | $1.0700 |
| 2026-02-02 | $1.0700 |
| 2025-11-03 | $1.0300 |
| 2025-08-01 | $1.0300 |
| 2025-05-05 | $1.0300 |
| 2025-02-03 | $1.0300 |
| 2024-11-01 | $0.9900 |
| 2024-08-01 | $0.9900 |
| 2024-04-30 | $0.9900 |
| 2024-01-29 | $0.9900 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.1400 |
| 2025 | $4.1200 |
| 2024 | $3.9600 |
| 2023 | $3.8200 |
| 2022 | $3.7400 |
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