Aegon NV Dividend yield

Aegon NV is part of Life Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Aegon NV is a company from Netherlands, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Aegon NV stock dividend

Aegon NV paid a total dividend of 530 million EUR last year, for a market value of 9,660 millions (Market Cap 8,330 millions). Aegon NV dividend per share is 0.26 EUR, and his stock market price 4.74 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Aegon NV has a dividend yield of 5.49%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Netherlands. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Aegon NV stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high Netherlands dividend stocks list.

Aegon NV Dividend Payout

About the ability of Aegon NV to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.26 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.49%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Aegon NV payout on ernings is currently -78.79%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Aegon NVcan maintain his current dividend.

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 Aegon NV is EUR -6.77 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.26, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Aegon NV, compared againt world market average, Netherlands companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.

Aegon NV Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	EUR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.49%	0.26	-78.79%	2,038
2022	4.22%	0.20	22.73%	2,053
2021	3.19%	0.14	233.33%	2,051
2020	1.85%	0.06	7.79%	2,039
2019	7.38%	0.30	76.92%	2,033
2018	6.86%	0.28	23.93%	2,030
2017	4.89%	0.26	81.25%	2,047
2016	5.42%	0.26	86.67%	2,112
2015	4.14%	0.24	48.00%	2,090

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Aegon NV dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Netherlands stocks and that of the Life Insurance stocks.

Aegon NV Stock performance

Finally, last moth Aegon NV showed a return of -4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 6.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Netherlands and Life Insurance firms.