Bouygues Dividend yield

Bouygues is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Bouygues is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Bouygues stock dividend

Bouygues paid a total dividend of 671 million EUR last year, for a market value of 11,899 millions (Market Cap 6,637 millions). Bouygues dividend per share is 1.80 EUR, and his stock market price 31.90 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Bouygues has a dividend yield of 5.64%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Bouygues stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the highest France dividend stocks list.

Bouygues Dividend Payout

About the ability of Bouygues to maintain his current dividend of EUR 1.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.64%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Bouygues payout on ernings is currently 38.38%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Bouygues is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 Bouygues is EUR 7.25 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 1.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Bouygues, compared againt world market average, France companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Bouygues Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Bouygues'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	5.64%	1.80	38.38%	373
2022	6.42%	1.80	38.54%	377
2021	5.40%	1.70	55.02%	381
2020	5.05%	1.70	38.90%	380
2019	4.49%	1.70	35.49%	372
2018	5.42%	1.70	41.26%	365
2017	3.69%	1.60	50.63%	360
2016	5.00%	1.60	89.39%	345
2015	4.49%	1.60	52.12%	336

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Bouygues dividend stock, and compare it with the average of France stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

Bouygues Stock performance

Finally, last moth Bouygues showed a return of -2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Construction and Materials firms.