Alimentation Couch B Dividend yield

Alimentation Couch B is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Alimentation Couch B is a company from Canada, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Alimentation Couch B stock dividend

Alimentation Couch B paid a total dividend of 549 million CAD last year, for a market value of 69,317 millions (Market Cap 52,992 millions). Alimentation Couch B dividend per share is 0.56 CAD, and his stock market price 70.66 CAD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Alimentation Couch B has a dividend yield of 0.79%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Canada. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Alimentation Couch B stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the high Canada dividend stocks list.

Alimentation Couch B Dividend Payout

About the ability of Alimentation Couch B to maintain his current dividend of CAD 0.56 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Alimentation Couch B payout on ernings is currently 13.08%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Alimentation Couch Bcan 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 Alimentation Couch B is CAD 5.89 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CAD 0.56, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Alimentation Couch B, compared againt world market average, Canada companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Alimentation Couch B Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CAD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.79%	0.56	13.08%	981
2022	0.94%	0.56	70.89%	1,022
2021	0.83%	0.44	44.44%	817
2020	0.81%	0.35	11.95%	858
2019	0.61%	0.25	10.96%	875
2018	0.59%	0.40	12.90%	437
2017	0.55%	0.36	12.86%	432
2016	0.58%	0.36	12.90%	419
2015	0.36%	0.22	11.06%	419

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Alimentation Couch B dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Canada stocks and that of the Food and Drug Retailers stocks.

Alimentation Couch B Stock performance

Finally, last moth Alimentation Couch B showed a return of 5.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 25.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Canada and Food and Drug Retailers firms.