CDW Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  211.15
 Dividend  2.36
 Earnings  9.96
 Cash-flow  9.87
 Book value  11.86
 Equity  0.00

CDW is part of Software and Computer Services business, which is part of Technology industry. CDW is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CDW stock dividend

CDW paid a total dividend of 319 million USD last year, for a market value of 28,505 millions (Market Cap 28,486 millions). CDW dividend per share is 2.36 USD, and his stock market price 211.15 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CDW has a dividend yield of 1.12%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare CDW stocks dividend with other Software and Computer Services companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of CDW

CDW Dividend Payout

About the ability of CDW to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.36 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.12%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CDW payout on ernings is currently 23.69%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that CDWcan 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 CDW is USD 9.87 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.36, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CDW, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Technology industry and Software and Computer Services sector companies.

CDW payout

CDW Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of CDW'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* 
Present1.12%2.3623.69%135
20221.32%2.3628.03%135
20210.98%2.0127.27%136
20201.21%1.5923.66%142
20191.06%1.5125.17%144
20181.46%1.1826.52%150
20171.21%0.8420.05%153

*In millions

CDW Stock performance

Finally, last moth CDW showed a return of 12.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 23.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Software and Computer Services firms.

CDW stock and market return