Continental Resource Dividend yield

Continental Resource is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Continental Resource is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Continental Resource paid a total dividend of 37 million USD last year, for a market value of 5,950 millions (Market Cap 1,214 millions). Dividend per share of Continental Resource is 0.10 USD, and his stock market price 16.30 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Continental Resource has a dividend yield of 0.61%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Oil and Gas industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Continental Resource dividend yield with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or firms from USA.

Continental Resource Dividend Payout

About the ability of Continental Resource to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.61%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Continental Resource payout on ernings is currently 4.72%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 38.57% and 45.97% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Continental Resourcecan 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 Continental Resource is USD 8.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Continental Resource, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Continental Resource Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.61%	0.10	4.72%	365
2019	0.15%	0.05	1.88%	371
2018	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	376
2017	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	375
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	375
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	370

*In millions

Continental Resource Stock performance

Finally, last moth Continental Resource showed a return of 6.00% compared to a worldwide 3.99% average, and a 5.49% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -52.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 6.65%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil and Gas Producers firms.