Danone Dividend yield




   EUR/share 
 Price  53.83
 Dividend  2.00
 Earnings  1.69
 Cash-flow  4.60
 Book value  25.63
 Equity  25.61

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

Danone stock dividend

Danone paid a total dividend of 1,280 million EUR last year, for a market value of 34,451 millions (Market Cap 33,552 millions). Danone dividend per share is 2.00 EUR, and his stock market price 53.83 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Danone has a dividend yield of 3.72%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. 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 Danone stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the high France dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Danone

Danone Dividend Payout

About the ability of Danone to maintain his current dividend of EUR 2.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.72%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Danone payout on ernings is currently 118.34%, 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 Danone 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 Danone is EUR 4.60 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 2.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Danone payout

Danone Dividend History

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

Year Yield  EUR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.72%2.00118.34%640
20223.94%1.9485.46%625
20213.55%1.9472.93%650
20203.91%2.1067.52%649
20192.63%1.9451.73%647
20183.09%1.9048.22%647
20172.43%1.7060.07%633
20162.70%1.6072.40%611
20152.26%1.5079.37%611

*In millions

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

Danone stock dividend history

Danone Stock performance

Finally, last moth Danone showed a return of -3.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Food Producers firms.

Danone stock and market return