Conagra Foods Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  29.88
 Dividend  1.40
 Earnings  1.56
 Cash-flow  2.09
 Book value  18.68
 Equity  18.57

Conagra Foods is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Conagra Foods is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Conagra Foods stock dividend

Conagra Foods paid a total dividend of 668 million USD last year, for a market value of 14,253 millions (Market Cap 14,185 millions). Conagra Foods dividend per share is 1.40 USD, and his stock market price 29.88 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Conagra Foods has a dividend yield of 4.69%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Conagra Foods stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Conagra Foods

Conagra Foods Dividend Payout

About the ability of Conagra Foods to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.69%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Conagra Foods payout on ernings is currently 89.74%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Conagra Foods 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 Conagra Foods is USD 2.09 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Conagra Foods, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Conagra Foods payout

Conagra Foods Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Conagra Foods'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* 
Present4.69%1.4089.74%477
20223.41%1.3267.01%480
20213.66%1.2544.33%480
20203.03%1.1059.46%487
20192.48%0.8556.67%486
20183.98%0.8567.46%486
20172.26%0.8551.83%409
20162.73%1.00-67.57%436
20152.44%1.000.00%432

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Conagra Foods dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Conagra Foods stock dividend history

Conagra Foods Stock performance

Finally, last moth Conagra Foods showed a return of -8.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -13.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food Producers firms.

Conagra Foods stock and market return