08-31-2023
| EUR/share | |
| Price | 46.79 |
| Dividend | 3.40 |
| Earnings | 0.00 |
| Cash-flow | 8.66 |
| Book value | 42.54 |
| Equity | 0.00 |
BASF is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. BASF is a company from Germany, and his stocks are publicly traded.
BASF stock dividend
BASF paid a total dividend of 3,036 million EUR last year, for a market value of 41,783 millions (Market Cap 41,584 millions). BASF dividend per share is 3.40 EUR, and his stock market price 46.79 EUR.
According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, BASF has a dividend yield of 7.27%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Germany. It is also bigger than average of Basic Materials 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 BASF stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the highest Germany dividend stocks list.
BASF Dividend Payout
About the ability of BASF to maintain his current dividend of EUR 3.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). BASF payout on ernings is currently 0.00%, which is lower than the market average and companies in his industry and sector.
higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 3.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of BASF, compared againt world market average, Germany companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.
BASF Dividend History
Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of BASF'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 | 7.27% | 3.40 | 0.00% | 893 |
| 2022 | 7.33% | 3.40 | 50.60% | 919 |
| 2021 | 5.34% | 3.30 | 0.00% | 919 |
| 2020 | 5.10% | 3.30 | 33.13% | 919 |
| 2019 | 4.75% | 3.20 | 60.38% | 919 |
| 2018 | 5.13% | 3.10 | 45.66% | 919 |
| 2017 | 3.27% | 3.00 | 60.48% | 919 |
| 2016 | 3.58% | 2.90 | 57.65% | 923 |
| 2015 | 3.57% | 2.80 | 44.66% | 923 |
*In millions
Then you can see the evolution of BASF dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Germany stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.
BASF Stock performance
Finally, last moth BASF showed a return of -4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 11.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Germany and Chemicals firms.
