Willis Towers Watson dividend history

Willis Towers Watson's dividend was $3.68 a share in fiscal 2025, up 4.5% on the year before. That was 22.3% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2016.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1.3B
Dividends (TTM): $356M
Returned to shareholders: 96%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $3.6B
Diluted share count: −4.3%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 5.5%; dividends 1.2% + buybacks 4.3% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 23%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 87 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Willis Towers Watson: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share	$1.04	$1.04	$1.04	$1.08	$1.49	$1.59	—	$1.92	$2.12	$2.40	$2.60	$2.75	$3.02	$3.28	$3.36	$3.52	$3.68	—
Dividend per share growth	—	0.0%	0.0%	+3.8%	+37.5%	+7.1%	—	—	+10.4%	+13.2%	+8.3%	+5.8%	+9.8%	+8.6%	+2.4%	+4.8%	+4.5%	—
Dividends paid	174	176	180	185	193	210	277	199	277	306	329	346	374	369	352	354	358	356
Share buybacks	—	0	0	100	0	213	82	396	532	602	150	0	1,627	3,530	1,000	901	1,650	1,320
Dividends ÷ net income	39.7%	38.7%	88.2%	—	52.9%	58.0%	74.3%	47.4%	48.8%	44.0%	31.5%	34.7%	8.9%	36.6%	33.4%	—	22.3%	22.8%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	53.9%	43.3%	54.9%	47.4%	43.0%	57.7%	282.7%	27.8%	49.3%	30.0%	—	—	—	—	31.9%	27.9%	23.2%	20.4%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Willis Towers Watson's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Willis Towers Watson.