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Last payment date Sep 24, 2026
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For the year 2026, Wolters Kluwer has not confirmed dividend payments.

The dividend from Wolters Kluwer, 1.01 euros, was credited on September 24, 2026, following the ex-dividend on September 1, 2026.

Wolters Kluwer N.V., is listed on several markets, paying dividends on a continuous and uninterrupted basis.

The Annual General Meeting of shareholders is the decision maker on the amount and date of disbursement of the interest to be granted to investors, the ones who make the approvals and announcements accordingly.

Until 2015 the company paid dividends in an annual installment every May, but from that year onwards they added another interim value that is deposited in every September, so shareholders receive two amounts per year, reaching an estimated yield of 1.65%.

Payout Ratio Wolters Kluwer Dividends

Wolters Kluwer paid 44% of its net income in the last fiscal period as dividends.
Annual Earnings6.11B€
  • Retained Earnings55.56%
Wolters Kluwer's earnings (6,105,999,872.00€) are sufficient to cover the dividend payment. This payment represents 44.44% of the total net profit of WKL.
Dividend payout ratio
General recommendations

An appropriate payout ratio may vary depending on the industry, the company's growth stage and its financial health.

Payout Ratio

Dividend calendar of Wolters Kluwer

There is no Dividend Calendar of Wolters Kluwer defined for 2026.

Historical annual dividend yields of Wolters Kluwer
Over the past 5 years, Wolters Kluwer has steadily increased the annual dividend amount.
Increasing Dividends
Increasing Dividend Program

For a company to have growing dividends by our standards, the annual dividend amount must have increased steadily for at least the last 5 years.

Dividend yield
Dividend yield of Wolters Kluwer vs. the sector
Wolters Kluwer's dividend yield (3.03%) is above the sector average (2.55%).
Comparison with industry average
Comparison with industry average

The company's dividend yield is compared to the industry average to determine its positioning.

Wolters Kluwer's dividend yield is between the top 25% (4.10%) and top 75% (1.66%) of the sector.
Evaluation with respect to competence.
Comparison with competitors

Imagine you have a list of dividend yields for different companies in an industry. If you look for the "top 25% percentile", you will find a number. This number tells you that the top 25% of the companies with the highest dividends have a yield higher than that number. On the other hand, the "top 75% percentile" shows you another number, which tells you that 75% of the companies have a higher yield than that number, thus showing a more common and less high yield.

Dividend yield history in Wolters Kluwer
In the last 5 years, Wolters Kluwer's annual dividend amount has not fallen more than 10%.
Dividend stability
Dividend stability

For a company to have stable dividends by our standards, it is vital that it has not had an annual decline of more than 10% over the previous year.

Dividend history of Wolters Kluwer

In this table you can see the complete history:

YearEx-DividendAmountTotal
2026
09/01/2026
05/25/2026
1.01 €
1.59 €
2.6 €
2025
08/26/2025
05/19/2025
0.93 €
1.5 €
2.43 €
2024
08/27/2024
05/10/2024
0.83 €
1.36 €
2.19 €
2023
08/29/2023
05/12/2023
0.72 €
1.18 €
1.9 €
2022
08/30/2022
04/25/2022
0.63 €
1.03 €
1.66 €
2021
08/31/2021
04/26/2021
0.54 €
0.89 €
1.43 €
2020
09/01/2020
04/27/2020
0.47 €
0.79 €
1.26 €
2019
08/27/2019
04/24/2019
0.39 €
0.64 €
1.03 €
2018
08/27/2018
04/23/2018
0.34 €
0.65 €
0.99 €
2017
08/28/2017
04/24/2017
0.2 €
0.6 €
0.8 €
2016
08/29/2016
04/25/2016
0.19 €
0.57 €
0.76 €
2015
09/24/2015
04/24/2015
0.18 €
0.71 €
0.89 €
2014
04/25/2014
0.7 €
0.7 €
2013
04/26/2013
0.69 €
0.69 €
2012
04/27/2012
0.68 €
0.68 €
2011
04/29/2011
0.67 €
0.67 €
2010
04/23/2010
0.66 €
0.66 €
2009
04/23/2009
0.65 €
0.65 €
2008
04/24/2008
0.64 €
0.64 €
2007
04/24/2007
0.58 €
0.58 €
2006
04/28/2006
0.55 €
0.55 €
2005
04/18/2005
0.55 €
0.55 €
2004
04/23/2004
0.55 €
0.55 €
2003
04/22/2003
0.55 €
0.55 €
2002
04/25/2002
0.53 €
0.53 €
2001
05/08/2001
0.5 €
0.5 €
2000
04/18/2000
0.46 €
0.46 €
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Information about Wolters Kluwer

Full name Wolters Kluwer N.V.
Ticker WKL
Sector Industry
Industry Specialty Business Services
Market Capitalization 19.08B €
ISIN NL0000395903
Number of Employees 20,771
Description of the company

Wolters Kluwer N.V., is a company dedicated to providing information services in the legal, tax, financial, business, accounting, as well as risk advisory, health compliance and auditing markets.

The current version of the company is founded in 1968 through the merger between the Schoolbook publishing house created in the Netherlands in 1836 and Noordhoff, which together formed ICU, changing its name to Wolters Samson in 1983, a company that was dedicated to providing legal services to law firms and multinationals in China, changing its name again when associated with Kluwer in 1987 in a move to try to avoid being absorbed by the publisher Elsevier.

It expanded internationally into the Spanish, German and French markets, acquiring a variety of brands such as IPSOA Editore, Technipublications, as well as CT Corporation, CCH Inc, Prentice Hall Law & Business from Simon & Schuster, reaching the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore, managing over time to diversify its activities.

Currently its global headquarters is located in Alphen Aan Den Rijn, Netherlands and its corporate headquarters is located in Philadelphia, United States, has clients in more than 180 countries with operations in 40 of them, having an approximate 20 thousand employees worldwide, reporting in 2022 annual revenues of nearly 5,500 million euros.

Frequently asked questions about Wolters Kluwer dividends

Wolters Kluwer pays dividends on a Semiannual basis.

Wolters Kluwer is listed on the Bolsa de Amsterdam and is part of the AEX.

Wolters Kluwer has the Ticker or stock code WKL.

The CEO of Wolters Kluwer in 2026 is Ms. Stacey Caywood.

The ISIN of Wolters Kluwer is NL0000395903.

Wolters Kluwer has a growing dividend program. In the last 5 years, dividends have been at least equal to or higher than the previous year.

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