AbbVie Inc Dividend yield

AbbVie Inc is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. AbbVie Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

AbbVie Inc stock dividend

AbbVie Inc paid a total dividend of 10,443 million USD last year, for a market value of 259,237 millions (Market Cap 259,012 millions). AbbVie Inc dividend per share is 5.92 USD, and his stock market price 146.96 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AbbVie Inc has a dividend yield of 4.03%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Health Care industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare AbbVie Inc stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

AbbVie Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of AbbVie Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 5.92 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.03%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AbbVie Inc payout on ernings is currently 53.57%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that AbbVie Inc 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 AbbVie Inc is USD 14.13 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 5.92, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AbbVie Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

AbbVie Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of AbbVie Inc's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.03%	5.92	53.57%	1,764
2022	3.49%	5.64	51.98%	1,767
2021	3.84%	5.20	88.74%	1,766
2020	4.41%	4.73	88.74%	1,761
2019	4.83%	4.28	89.92%	1,478
2018	4.17%	3.84	85.71%	1,514
2017	2.65%	2.56	60.95%	1,592
2016	3.75%	2.28	66.28%	1,617
2015	3.51%	2.04	161.90%	1,721

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of AbbVie Inc dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

AbbVie Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth AbbVie Inc showed a return of -1.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 9.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.