Dechra Pharmaceutica Dividend yield

Dechra Pharmaceutica is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Dechra Pharmaceutica is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Dechra Pharmaceutica stock dividend

Dechra Pharmaceutica paid a total dividend of 51 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,339 millions (Market Cap 4,198 millions). Dechra Pharmaceutica dividend per share is 0.45 GBP, and his stock market price 38.06 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Dechra Pharmaceutica has a dividend yield of 1.19%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Dechra Pharmaceutica stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Dechra Pharmaceutica Dividend Payout

About the ability of Dechra Pharmaceutica to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.45 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Dechra Pharmaceutica payout on ernings is currently 37.82%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Dechra Pharmaceutica is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 Dechra Pharmaceutica is GBP 1.08 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.45, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Dechra Pharmaceutica, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Dechra Pharmaceutica Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Dechra Pharmaceutica'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	1.19%	0.45	37.82%	114
2022	1.71%	0.45	37.82%	114
2021	0.76%	0.40	32.00%	108

*In millions

Dechra Pharmaceutica Stock performance

Finally, last moth Dechra Pharmaceutica showed a return of 2.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 9.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.