Carl Zeiss Meditec Dividend yield

Carl Zeiss Meditec is part of Health Care Equip. and Services business, which is part of Health Care industry. Carl Zeiss Meditec is a company from Germany, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Carl Zeiss Meditec stock dividend

Carl Zeiss Meditec paid a total dividend of 98 million EUR last year, for a market value of 8,163 millions (Market Cap 3,356 millions). Carl Zeiss Meditec dividend per share is 1.10 EUR, and his stock market price 91.72 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Carl Zeiss Meditec has a dividend yield of 1.20%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Germany. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Carl Zeiss Meditec stocks dividend with other Health Care Equip. and Services companies or other of the best Germany dividend stocks list.

Carl Zeiss Meditec Dividend Payout

About the ability of Carl Zeiss Meditec to maintain his current dividend of EUR 1.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.20%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Carl Zeiss Meditec payout on ernings is currently 30.30%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Carl Zeiss Meditec 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec is EUR 2.10 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 1.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Carl Zeiss Meditec, compared againt world market average, Germany companies, Health Care industry and Health Care Equip. and Services sector companies.

Carl Zeiss Meditec Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Carl Zeiss Meditec'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	1.20%	1.10	30.30%	89
2022	0.76%	0.90	24.79%	89
2021	0.27%	0.50	17.06%	89
2020	0.60%	0.65	38.92%	89
2019	0.48%	0.55	27.23%	89
2018	0.81%	0.55	35.26%	89

*In millions

Carl Zeiss Meditec Stock performance

Finally, last moth Carl Zeiss Meditec showed a return of -12.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -26.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Germany and Health Care Equip. and Services firms.