How Many EC Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.66 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 9,078 EC shares, about $138,621 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $15.27. $1,000 a month takes about 18,155 shares, about $277,227. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
Ecopetrol S.A. (EC) pays $0.661 a share once a year, $0.66 a year, a 4.33% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $15.27. It has made 33 dividend payments since 2008.
At today’s rate of $0.661 once a year and the last close of $15.27, this is what EC pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.661 | $0.06 | $0.66 |
| 100 shares | $66.10 | $5.51 | $66.10 |
| $10,000 invested (654.9 shares) | $432.87 | $36.07 | $432.87 |
| 9,078 shares ($500/mo) | $6,000.56 | $500.05 | $6,000.56 |
| 18,155 shares ($1,000/mo) | $12,000.46 | $1,000.04 | $12,000.46 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 EC shares reinvest into 4.33 new shares each payment, about 4.3 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 24 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with EC’s own history in the EC DRIP calculator.
- Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
- Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
- Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
- Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
- Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
- Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
- Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
- Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
EC Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- EC yields 4.33% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $15.27.
- Its own 10-year median is 7.11%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
- No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report
How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.
When Is EC’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After May 2026
EC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 83 days the next ex-date was due around Jul 21, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.661 a share, went ex on Apr 29, 2026 and paid May 1, 2026.
- Ex-dates: about every 83 days (annual)
- Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date
- Next earnings report: Nov 10, 2026
Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.
How Often Does EC Pay?
EC pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in May, with ex-dates in Apr. The ex-date comes about every 83 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
- Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last change: cut Apr 3, 2025 - $0.7999 to $0.5202 (-34.97%)
- Last raise: Apr 23, 2019 - $0.6374 to $1.444 (+$0.8066, +126.55%)
- Usual $ step: $0.209 (median of the raises before it)
- EPS payout: 39.1% - $0.66 paid / $1.69 EPS (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 45.7% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
- FCF payout: 40.8% - $0.66 paid / $1.62 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 74.2% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
EC vs Similar Dividend Stocks (EQT, CCJ...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Energy companies closest to EC in market value, EC’s 4.33% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 2.57%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 6th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.
| Ticker | Dividend ⓘ | Yield | Safety Rating | Recessions ⓘ | No cut ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC $15.27Ecopetrol S.A. | $0.661/yr | 4.33% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Varied, no cut2020 raised2022 variedno 2000/2008 record | —no raise streak |
| EQT $49.92EQT | $0.17/qtr$0.68/yr fwd | 1.36% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Stopped in 20202000 raised2008 held2020 stoppedno 2022 record | 4 yrsraised 3 yrs in a row |
| CCJ $75.37Cameco | $0.172/yr | 0.23% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | No cut in all 42000 held2008 raised2020 held2022 raised | 7 yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| VG $11.80Venture Global | $0.04/qtr$0.16/yr fwd | 1.36% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | —no raise streak |
| CQP $58.70Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | $0.89/qtr$3.56/yr fwd | 6.06% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20232008 held2020 raised2022 cutno 2000 record | 2 yrsno raise streak |
| PBA $48.73Pembina Pipeline | $0.529/qtr$2.12/yr fwd | 4.34% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | No cut in both2020 held2022 heldno 2000/2008 record | 13+ yrsraised 3 yrs in a row |
| REPYY $33.12Repsol, S.A. | $0.632/half-yr$1.26/yr fwd | 3.82% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 6+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
| HAL $31.89Halliburton | $0.17/qtr$0.68/yr fwd | 2.13% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Cut in 20202000 held2008 held2020 cut2022 raised | 5 yrsno raise streak |
| FTI $63.98TechnipFMC | $0.05/qtr$0.20/yr fwd | 0.31% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | — | 1+ yrno raise streak |
| DVN $42.42Devon Energy | $0.32/qtr$1.28/yr fwd | 3.02% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Varied, no cut2000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 varied | 2 yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| WDS $20.97Woodside Energy Group | $0.57/half-yr$1.14/yr fwd | 5.44% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | Varied, no cut2008 varied2020 varied2022 variedno 2000 record | 1 yrno raise streak |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: EC vs EQT, EC vs CCJ, EC vs VG.
EC Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2008
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.661 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.5202 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | $0.506 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | $0.5202 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 | $0.7999 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | $0.7999 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Apr 8, 2024 | $0.7999 | Annual | Regular |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.1479 | Annual | Regular |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | $0.8276 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Apr 27, 2023 | $0.1479 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.861 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 19, 2022 | Apr 28, 2022 | $1.491 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | $0.0932 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 21, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | $0.8938 | Annual | Regular |
| Dec 26, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.535 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 23, 2019 | May 3, 2019 | $1.444 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 17, 2018 | Apr 27, 2018 | $0.6374 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 25, 2017 | May 8, 2017 | $0.1606 | Annual | Regular |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | $1.0338 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 22, 2014 | May 6, 2014 | $2.646 | Annual | Special |
| Apr 9, 2013 | Apr 26, 2013 | $3.206 | Annual | Special |
| Apr 19, 2012 | May 3, 2012 | $3.41 | Semi-annual | Special |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Nov 2, 2011 | $0.538 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Aug 2, 2011 | $0.54 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Apr 7, 2011 | May 3, 2011 | $0.524 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Nov 30, 2010 | Dec 23, 2010 | $0.331 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Aug 10, 2010 | — | $0.305 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Apr 12, 2010 | — | $0.329 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Nov 30, 2009 | Dec 24, 2009 | $0.704 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Aug 12, 2009 | — | $0.635 | Annual | Regular |
| Apr 13, 2009 | — | $0.297 | Annual | Regular |
| Nov 28, 2008 | — | $0.243 | Annual | Regular |
| Oct 10, 2008 | — | $0.262 | Annual | Regular |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for EC
EC Dividend Questions
How often does EC pay dividends?
EC pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in May, with ex-dates in Apr. The ex-date comes about every 83 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
Does EC pay dividends monthly?
No. EC pays once a year, 1 time a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next EC dividend?
EC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 83 days the next ex-date was due around Jul 21, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.661 a share, went ex on Apr 29, 2026 and paid May 1, 2026. The current rate is $0.661 per share, $0.66 a year.
Did EC pay a dividend in May 2026?
Yes: $0.661 a share, ex-date Apr 29, 2026, paid May 1, 2026. The next one is not on file yet.
How much does EC pay per share?
EC pays $0.661 a share once a year, $0.66 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $15.27 that is a 4.33% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 7.11%.
Has EC raised its dividend?
EC has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Apr 23, 2019, took the rate from $0.6374 to $1.444 (+126.55%). Since then the rate was cut on Apr 3, 2025, from $0.7999 to $0.5202. Over five years the dividend grew -9.5% a year.
Is EC’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. EC paid out 39% of its earnings and 41% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026. Through the market crashes: it raised the dividend through the 2020 crash; it varied without a cut through 2022. There is no 2000 or 2008 record on file. This is data, not investment advice. The full 11-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my EC dividends?
Add EC to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run EC in the DRIP calculator.