Boston Property Dividend yield

Boston Property is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Boston Property is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Boston Property stock dividend

Boston Property paid a total dividend of 615 million USD last year, for a market value of 10,483 millions (Market Cap 10,450 millions). Boston Property dividend per share is 3.92 USD, and his stock market price 66.77 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Boston Property has a dividend yield of 5.87%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. 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 Boston Property stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Boston Property Dividend Payout

About the ability of Boston Property to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.92 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.87%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Boston Property payout on ernings is currently 72.19%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Boston Property 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 Boston Property is USD 8.14 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.92, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Boston Property, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Boston Property Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.87%	3.92	72.19%	157
2022	5.80%	3.92	50.45%	157
2021	3.40%	3.92	70.76%	156
2020	4.15%	3.92	119.15%	155
2019	2.84%	3.92	105.66%	155
2018	3.38%	3.80	129.69%	154
2017	2.46%	3.20	97.86%	154
2016	2.10%	2.60	69.71%	153
2015	2.08%	2.60	92.20%	153

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Boston Property dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

Boston Property Stock performance

Finally, last moth Boston Property showed a return of 0.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -15.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.