CPFL Energia Dividend yield

CPFL Energia is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. CPFL Energia is a company from Brazil, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CPFL Energia stock dividend

CPFL Energia paid a total dividend of 7,062 million BRL last year, for a market value of 39,341 millions (Market Cap 6,411 millions). CPFL Energia dividend per share is 6.13 BRL, and his stock market price 34.15 BRL.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CPFL Energia has a dividend yield of 17.94%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Brazil. 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 CPFL Energia stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the best Brazil dividend stocks list.

CPFL Energia Dividend Payout

About the ability of CPFL Energia to maintain his current dividend of BRL 6.13 per share, an amount that accounts for 17.94%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CPFL Energia payout on ernings is currently 109.46%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that CPFL Energia 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 CPFL Energia is BRL 7.76 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of BRL 6.13, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CPFL Energia, compared againt world market average, Brazil companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

CPFL Energia Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	BRL	Paypout	Shares*
Present	17.94%	6.13	109.46%	1,152
2022	9.77%	3.24	62.43%	1,152
2021	20.51%	5.50	133.17%	1,152
2020	5.53%	1.80	54.71%	1,152
2019	1.35%	0.48	18.11%	1,152
2016	0.82%	0.20	12.42%	1,018
2015	6.33%	1.00	58.48%	990

*In millions

CPFL Energia Stock performance

Finally, last moth CPFL Energia showed a return of -4.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Brazil and Electricity firms.