Commerce Bancshares Dividend yield

Commerce Bancshares is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Commerce Bancshares is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Commerce Bancshares stock dividend

Commerce Bancshares paid a total dividend of 135 million USD last year, for a market value of 6,136 millions (Market Cap 5,596 millions). Commerce Bancshares dividend per share is 1.08 USD, and his stock market price 49.09 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Commerce Bancshares has a dividend yield of 2.20%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Commerce Bancshares stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Commerce Bancshares Dividend Payout

About the ability of Commerce Bancshares to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.20%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Commerce Bancshares payout on ernings is currently 27.69%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Commerce Bancsharescan 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 Commerce Bancshares is USD 4.46 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Commerce Bancshares, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Commerce Bancshares Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Commerce Bancshares'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*
Present	2.20%	1.08	27.69%	125
2022	1.56%	1.06	25.06%	125
2021	1.53%	1.05	37.91%	123
2020	1.64%	1.08	30.95%	117
2019	1.53%	1.04	27.88%	113
2018	1.67%	0.94	35.07%	112
2017	1.53%	0.85	34.41%	107
2016	1.56%	0.86	34.54%	101
2015	1.87%	0.86	32.45%	98

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Commerce Bancshares dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Commerce Bancshares Stock performance

Finally, last moth Commerce Bancshares showed a return of -7.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -25.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Banks firms.