Baloise Dividend yield

Baloise is part of Nonlife Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Baloise is a company from Switzerland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Baloise stock dividend

Baloise paid a total dividend of 333 million CHF last year, for a market value of 6,219 millions (Market Cap 6,223 millions). Baloise dividend per share is 7.39 CHF, and his stock market price 138.20 CHF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Baloise has a dividend yield of 5.35%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Switzerland. 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 Baloise stocks dividend with other Nonlife Insurance companies or other of the highest Switzerland dividend stocks list.

Baloise Dividend Payout

About the ability of Baloise to maintain his current dividend of CHF 7.39 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.35%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Baloise payout on ernings is currently 56.16%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Baloise can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

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 Baloise is CHF 5.62 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of CHF 7.39, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Baloise, compared againt world market average, Switzerland companies, Financials industry and Nonlife Insurance sector companies.

Baloise Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CHF	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.35%	7.39	56.16%	45
2022	4.91%	7.01	49.12%	45
2021	4.29%	6.40	59.26%	45
2020	4.06%	6.39	38.94%	45
2019	3.43%	6.00	50.04%	47
2018	4.14%	5.61	43.93%	47
2017	3.43%	5.20	42.52%	46
2016	4.08%	5.00	43.25%	47
2015	4.00%	5.00	31.19%	47

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Baloise dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Switzerland stocks and that of the Nonlife Insurance stocks.

Baloise Stock performance

Finally, last moth Baloise showed a return of 2.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Switzerland and Nonlife Insurance firms.