Banco Santander Dividend yield

Banco Santander is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Banco Santander is a company from Spain, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Banco Santander stock dividend

Banco Santander paid a total dividend of 1,944 million EUR last year, for a market value of 58,316 millions (Market Cap 57,648 millions). Banco Santander dividend per share is 0.12 EUR, and his stock market price 3.60 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Banco Santander has a dividend yield of 3.27%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Spain. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Banco Santander stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Spain dividend stocks list.

Banco Santander Dividend Payout

About the ability of Banco Santander to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.12 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Banco Santander payout on ernings is currently 17.91%, 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 Banco Santandercan 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 Banco Santander is EUR 9.00 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.12, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Banco Santander, compared againt world market average, Spain companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Banco Santander Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Banco Santander'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	3.27%	0.12	17.91%	16,199
2022	3.92%	0.11	20.37%	16,791
2021	2.58%	0.08	-17.78%	17,311
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	17,311
2019	6.17%	0.23	41.82%	16,617
2018	6.11%	0.24	48.98%	16,263
2017	3.64%	0.20	43.48%	16,087
2016	4.64%	0.20	41.67%	14,405
2015	7.68%	0.40	81.63%	14,258

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Banco Santander dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Spain stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Banco Santander Stock performance

Finally, last moth Banco Santander showed a return of -2.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 49.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Spain and Banks firms.