Deutsche Post Dividend yield




   EUR/share 
 Price  43.09
 Dividend  1.85
 Earnings  4.68
 Cash-flow  8.79
 Book value  19.59
 Equity  17.73

Deutsche Post is part of Industrial Transportation business, which is part of Industrials industry. Deutsche Post is a company from Germany, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Deutsche Post stock dividend

Deutsche Post paid a total dividend of 2,205 million EUR last year, for a market value of 51,363 millions (Market Cap 40,576 millions). Deutsche Post dividend per share is 1.85 EUR, and his stock market price 43.09 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Deutsche Post has a dividend yield of 4.29%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Germany. 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 Deutsche Post stocks dividend with other Industrial Transportation companies or other of the high Germany dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post Dividend Payout

About the ability of Deutsche Post to maintain his current dividend of EUR 1.85 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.29%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Deutsche Post payout on ernings is currently 39.53%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Deutsche Post 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 Deutsche Post is EUR 8.79 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 1.85, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Deutsche Post, compared againt world market average, Germany companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Transportation sector companies.

Deutsche Post payout

Deutsche Post Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Deutsche Post'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* 
Present4.29%1.8539.53%1,192
20225.12%1.8041.96%1,224
20212.39%1.3552.53%1,237
20202.84%1.1550.22%1,236
20193.38%1.1562.50%1,233
20184.81%1.1547.13%1,228
20172.64%1.0543.93%1,207
20162.88%0.8556.67%1,203
20153.07%0.8544.04%1,203

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Deutsche Post dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Germany stocks and that of the Industrial Transportation stocks.

Deutsche Post stock dividend history

Deutsche Post Stock performance

Finally, last moth Deutsche Post showed a return of -7.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Germany and Industrial Transportation firms.

Deutsche Post stock and market return