ASML Holding Dividend yield

ASML Holding is part of Technology Hardware and Equip. business, which is part of Technology industry. ASML Holding is a company from Netherlands, and his stocks are publicly traded.

ASML Holding paid a total dividend of 1,067 million EUR last year, for a market value of 166,971 millions (Market Cap 158,483 millions). Dividend per share of ASML Holding is 2.54 EUR, and his stock market price 397.55 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, ASML Holding has a dividend yield of 0.64%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Netherlands. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare ASML Holding dividend yield with other Technology Hardware and Equip. companies or firms from Netherlands.

ASML Holding Dividend Payout

About the ability of ASML Holding to maintain his current dividend of EUR 2.54 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.64%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). ASML Holding payout on ernings is currently 39.38%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Technology industry, which are 38.57% and 37.66% respectively. Both figures show that ASML Holding can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of ASML Holding is EUR 7.81 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 2.54, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of ASML Holding, compared againt world market average, Netherlands companies, Technology industry and Technology Hardware and Equip. sector companies.

ASML Holding Dividend History

Year	Yield	EUR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.64%	2.54	39.38%	420
2019	1.19%	3.14	49.06%	421
2018	1.02%	1.40	22.88%	427
2017	0.83%	1.20	32.97%	422
2016	1.08%	1.05	31.16%	428
2015	0.80%	0.70	24.39%	433

*In millions

ASML Holding Stock performance

Finally, last moth ASML Holding showed a return of 9.30% compared to a worldwide 3.99% average, and a 5.60% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 50.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 6.65%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Netherlands and Technology Hardware and Equip. firms.