Activision Blizzard Dividend yield

Activision Blizzard is part of Leisure Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Activision Blizzard is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Activision Blizzard stock dividend

Activision Blizzard paid a total dividend of 776 million USD last year, for a market value of 72,120 millions (Market Cap 71,584 millions). Activision Blizzard dividend per share is 0.99 USD, and his stock market price 91.99 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Activision Blizzard has a dividend yield of 1.08%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Activision Blizzard stocks dividend with other Leisure Goods companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Activision Blizzard Dividend Payout

About the ability of Activision Blizzard to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.08%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Activision Blizzard payout on ernings is currently 44.00%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Activision Blizzard 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 Activision Blizzard is USD 2.83 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.99, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Activision Blizzard, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Leisure Goods sector companies.

Activision Blizzard Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Activision Blizzard'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	1.08%	0.99	44.00%	784
2022	0.61%	0.47	12.02%	782
2021	0.71%	0.47	14.42%	777
2020	0.44%	0.41	16.21%	771
2019	0.62%	0.37	11.82%	766
2018	0.73%	0.34	13.08%	761
2017	0.47%	0.30	11.28%	754
2016	0.71%	0.26	14.94%	738
2015	0.61%	0.23	15.54%	726

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Activision Blizzard dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Leisure Goods stocks.

Activision Blizzard Stock performance

Finally, last moth Activision Blizzard showed a return of -0.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 17.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Leisure Goods firms.