Adecco Dividend yield

Adecco is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Adecco is a company from Switzerland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Adecco stock dividend

Adecco paid a total dividend of 418 million CHF last year, for a market value of 6,368 millions (Market Cap 6,058 millions). Adecco dividend per share is 2.50 CHF, and his stock market price 38.13 CHF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Adecco has a dividend yield of 6.56%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Switzerland. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Adecco stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the high Switzerland dividend stocks list.

Adecco Dividend Payout

About the ability of Adecco to maintain his current dividend of CHF 2.50 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.56%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Adecco payout on ernings is currently 88.65%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Adecco 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 Adecco is CHF 3.26 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CHF 2.50, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Adecco, compared againt world market average, Switzerland companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Adecco Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CHF	Paypout	Shares*
Present	6.56%	2.50	88.65%	167
2022	8.21%	2.50	59.10%	167
2021	5.36%	2.50	0.00%	166
2020	4.23%	2.50	46.04%	162
2019	4.08%	2.50	68.12%	160
2018	5.44%	2.50	44.64%	161
2017	2.01%	1.50	30.99%	170
2016	3.83%	2.40	0.00%	162
2015	2.98%	2.10	42.34%	165

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Adecco dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Switzerland stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

Adecco Stock performance

Finally, last moth Adecco showed a return of 7.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 22.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Switzerland and Support Services firms.