Aviva Dividend yield

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

Aviva stock dividend

Aviva paid a total dividend of 888 million GBP last year, for a market value of 10,410 millions (Market Cap 10,377 millions). Aviva dividend per share is 0.32 GBP, and his stock market price 3.75 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Aviva has a dividend yield of 8.48%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. 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 Aviva stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Aviva Dividend Payout

About the ability of Aviva to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.32 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.48%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Aviva payout on ernings is currently -84.21%, 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 Avivacan 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 Aviva is GBP 6.25 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.32, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Aviva Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	8.48%	0.32	-84.21%	2,776
2022	6.69%	0.30	157.89%	2,803
2021	5.20%	0.21	27.27%	3,822
2020	4.00%	0.13	18.84%	3,928
2019	7.22%	0.30	68.18%	3,916
2018	7.52%	0.28	70.00%	3,930
2017	4.79%	0.24	126.32%	4,011
2016	4.80%	0.21	70.00%	4,046
2015	5.34%	0.27	69.23%	4,046

*In millions

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

Aviva Stock performance

Finally, last moth Aviva showed a return of -3.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Life Insurance firms.