Atlas Copco A Dividend yield

Atlas Copco A is part of Industrial Engineering business, which is part of Industrials industry. Atlas Copco A is a company from Sweden, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Atlas Copco A stock dividend

Atlas Copco A paid a total dividend of 6,947 million SEK last year, for a market value of 479,495 millions (Market Cap 365,930 millions). Atlas Copco A dividend per share is 2.10 SEK, and his stock market price 144.95 SEK.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Atlas Copco A has a dividend yield of 1.45%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Sweden. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Atlas Copco A stocks dividend with other Industrial Engineering companies or other of the high Sweden dividend stocks list.

Atlas Copco A Dividend Payout

About the ability of Atlas Copco A to maintain his current dividend of SEK 2.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.45%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Atlas Copco A payout on ernings is currently 39.25%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Atlas Copco A is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 Atlas Copco A is SEK 4.38 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SEK 2.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Atlas Copco A, compared againt world market average, Sweden companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Engineering sector companies.

Atlas Copco A Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	SEK	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.45%	2.10	39.25%	3,308
2022	1.54%	1.90	45.67%	3,307
2021	1.17%	7.32	53.35%	827
2020	1.66%	6.99	46.82%	824
2019	1.69%	6.31	38.85%	823
2018	4.94%	10.40	65.20%	822
2017	1.92%	6.80	52.03%	823
2016	2.26%	6.31	55.84%	826
2015	2.57%	6.01	52.72%	826

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Atlas Copco A dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Sweden stocks and that of the Industrial Engineering stocks.

Atlas Copco A Stock performance

Finally, last moth Atlas Copco A showed a return of -3.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 33.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Sweden and Industrial Engineering firms.