Derwent London Dividend yield

Derwent London is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Derwent London is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Derwent London stock dividend

Derwent London paid a total dividend of 87 million GBP last year, for a market value of 2,081 millions (Market Cap 2,066 millions). Derwent London dividend per share is 0.78 GBP, and his stock market price 18.58 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Derwent London has a dividend yield of 4.22%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Derwent London stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Derwent London Dividend Payout

About the ability of Derwent London to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.78 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.22%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Derwent London payout on ernings is currently -31.08%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Derwent Londoncan 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 Derwent London is GBP 1.01 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.78, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Derwent London, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Derwent London Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Derwent London'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	4.22%	0.78	-31.08%	112
2022	3.27%	0.77	34.07%	112
2021	2.21%	0.75	-108.70%	112
2020	2.37%	0.73	28.74%	112
2019	1.69%	0.68	34.00%	112
2018	2.16%	0.62	21.99%	112
2017	1.79%	0.56	105.66%	111
2016	1.85%	0.45	6.53%	111
2015	1.08%	0.41	6.20%	111

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Derwent London dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

Derwent London Stock performance

Finally, last moth Derwent London showed a return of -12.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -23.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.