Cummins Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  230.04
 Dividend  6.72
 Earnings  16.79
 Cash-flow  13.86
 Book value  63.90
 Equity  61.73

Cummins is part of Industrial Engineering business, which is part of Industrials industry. Cummins is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Cummins stock dividend

Cummins paid a total dividend of 954 million USD last year, for a market value of 32,666 millions (Market Cap 32,560 millions). Cummins dividend per share is 6.72 USD, and his stock market price 230.04 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Cummins has a dividend yield of 2.92%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Cummins stocks dividend with other Industrial Engineering companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Cummins

Cummins Dividend Payout

About the ability of Cummins to maintain his current dividend of USD 6.72 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.92%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Cummins payout on ernings is currently 40.02%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Cummins 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 Cummins is USD 13.86 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 6.72, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Cummins, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Engineering sector companies.

Cummins payout

Cummins Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Cummins'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* 
Present2.92%6.7240.02%142
20222.59%6.2838.89%141
20212.66%5.8042.55%144
20202.38%5.4032.81%148
20192.93%5.2434.84%153
20183.41%4.5638.55%161
20172.45%4.3349.04%168
20162.89%4.1046.54%169
20153.89%3.9039.63%179

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Cummins dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Industrial Engineering stocks.

Cummins stock dividend history

Cummins Stock performance

Finally, last moth Cummins showed a return of -11.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 6.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Industrial Engineering firms.

Cummins stock and market return