CEZ Dividend yield

CEZ is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. CEZ is a company from Czeck Republic, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CEZ stock dividend

CEZ paid a total dividend of 77,844 million CZK last year, for a market value of 507,465 millions (Market Cap 149,649 millions). CEZ dividend per share is 144.96 CZK, and his stock market price 945.00 CZK.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CEZ has a dividend yield of 15.34%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Czeck Republic. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 CEZ stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the best Czeck Republic dividend stocks list.

CEZ Dividend Payout

About the ability of CEZ to maintain his current dividend of CZK 144.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 15.34%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CEZ payout on ernings is currently 93.57%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that CEZ 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 CEZ is CZK 0.00 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of CZK 144.96, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CEZ, compared againt world market average, Czeck Republic companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

CEZ Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CZK	Paypout	Shares*
Present	15.34%	144.96	93.57%	537
2022	6.23%	47.97	226.17%	537
2021	6.29%	52.02	379.99%	536
2020	6.60%	33.99	112.85%	535
2019	4.71%	24.00	109.29%	535
2018	6.17%	33.01	87.61%	534
2017	6.65%	33.02	112.39%	534
2016	9.65%	39.98	95.53%	533
2015	8.60%	39.99	88.57%	533

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of CEZ dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Czeck Republic stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

CEZ Stock performance

Finally, last moth CEZ showed a return of -1.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Czeck Republic and Electricity firms.