British Amer Tobacco Dividend yield

British Amer Tobacco is part of Tobacco business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. British Amer Tobacco is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

British Amer Tobacco stock dividend

British Amer Tobacco paid a total dividend of 5,009 million GBP last year, for a market value of 58,650 millions (Market Cap 58,300 millions). British Amer Tobacco dividend per share is 2.24 GBP, and his stock market price 26.23 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, British Amer Tobacco has a dividend yield of 8.55%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 British Amer Tobacco stocks dividend with other Tobacco companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

British Amer Tobacco Dividend Payout

About the ability of British Amer Tobacco to maintain his current dividend of GBP 2.24 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.55%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). British Amer Tobacco payout on ernings is currently 70.89%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that British Amer Tobacco 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 British Amer Tobacco is GBP 3.80 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 2.24, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of British Amer Tobacco, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Goods industry and Tobacco sector companies.

British Amer Tobacco Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of British Amer Tobacco'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*
Present	8.55%	2.24	70.89%	2,236
2022	6.64%	2.18	68.99%	2,252
2021	7.89%	2.16	73.47%	2,295
2020	7.77%	2.10	78.36%	2,294
2019	6.28%	2.03	72.76%	2,294
2018	7.81%	1.95	15.60%	2,294
2017	4.35%	2.18	103.32%	2,298
2016	3.55%	1.56	65.55%	1,864
2015	3.88%	1.50	84.75%	1,864

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of British Amer Tobacco dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Tobacco stocks.

British Amer Tobacco Stock performance

Finally, last moth British Amer Tobacco showed a return of 0.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -24.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Tobacco firms.