DCC Dividend yield

DCC is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. DCC is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

DCC stock dividend

DCC paid a total dividend of 185 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,284 millions (Market Cap 4,273 millions). DCC dividend per share is 1.87 GBP, and his stock market price 43.27 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, DCC has a dividend yield of 4.33%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 DCC stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

DCC Dividend Payout

About the ability of DCC to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.87 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.33%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). DCC payout on ernings is currently 41.93%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that DCC 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 DCC is GBP 6.76 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.87, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of DCC, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

DCC Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of DCC'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	4.33%	1.87	41.93%	99
2022	4.41%	1.80	42.76%	99
2021	2.71%	1.64	47.67%	99
2020	2.85%	1.48	46.25%	98
2019	2.18%	1.43	44.83%	98
2018	2.12%	1.27	40.06%	98
2017	1.55%	1.16	38.28%	89
2016	1.65%	1.01	36.73%	88
2015	1.49%	0.89	47.34%	88

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of DCC dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

DCC Stock performance

Finally, last moth DCC showed a return of -4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -12.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Support Services firms.