Croda International Dividend yield

Croda International is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Croda International is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Croda International stock dividend

Croda International paid a total dividend of 151 million GBP last year, for a market value of 7,731 millions (Market Cap 7,694 millions). Croda International dividend per share is 1.08 GBP, and his stock market price 55.22 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Croda International has a dividend yield of 1.96%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Croda International stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

Croda International Dividend Payout

About the ability of Croda International to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.96%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Croda International payout on ernings is currently 21.91%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Croda Internationalcan 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 Croda International is GBP 2.24 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 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 Croda International, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Croda International Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.96%	1.08	21.91%	140
2022	1.57%	1.04	40.63%	140
2021	0.94%	0.95	60.90%	140
2020	1.36%	0.90	53.57%	140
2019	1.75%	0.90	46.88%	129
2018	1.79%	0.84	47.19%	132
2017	1.72%	0.76	49.35%	131
2016	2.21%	0.72	51.06%	130
2015	2.34%	0.67	54.03%	135

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Croda International dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Croda International Stock performance

Finally, last moth Croda International showed a return of -6.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -17.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Chemicals firms.