BT Group Dividend yield




   GBP/share 
 Price  1.16
 Dividend  0.08
 Earnings  0.31
 Cash-flow  0.61
 Book value  1.45
 Equity  1.50

BT Group is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. BT Group is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

BT Group stock dividend

BT Group paid a total dividend of 795 million GBP last year, for a market value of 11,521 millions (Market Cap 8,032 millions). BT Group dividend per share is 0.08 GBP, and his stock market price 1.16 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, BT Group has a dividend yield of 6.66%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 BT Group stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of BT Group

BT Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of BT Group to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.66%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). BT Group payout on ernings is currently 25.81%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that BT Groupcan 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 BT Group is GBP 0.61 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of BT Group, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

BT Group payout

BT Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of BT Group'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* 
Present6.66%0.0825.81%9,932
20226.87%0.0834.78%9,927
20211.36%0.027.41%9,918
202011.64%0.1551.72%9,882
20198.00%0.1545.45%9,923
20186.37%0.1546.88%9,922
20175.67%0.1548.39%9,961
20163.92%0.1443.75%9,962
20152.50%0.1237.50%8,369

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of BT Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

BT Group stock dividend history

BT Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth BT Group showed a return of -5.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -23.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.

BT Group stock and market return