Dominion Resources Dividend yield

Dominion Resources is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Dominion Resources is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Dominion Resources stock dividend

Dominion Resources paid a total dividend of 2,229 million USD last year, for a market value of 40,531 millions (Market Cap 40,512 millions). Dominion Resources dividend per share is 2.67 USD, and his stock market price 48.54 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Dominion Resources has a dividend yield of 5.50%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Dominion Resources stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dominion Resources Dividend Payout

About the ability of Dominion Resources to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.67 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.50%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Dominion Resources payout on ernings is currently 218.85%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Dominion Resources 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 Dominion Resources is USD 4.41 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.67, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Dominion Resources, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Dominion Resources Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.50%	2.67	218.85%	835
2022	4.35%	2.67	67.42%	833
2021	3.21%	2.52	0.00%	807
2020	3.35%	2.52	144.83%	816
2019	4.43%	3.67	117.25%	823
2018	4.67%	3.34	97.66%	653
2017	3.80%	3.08	90.06%	643
2016	3.82%	2.80	88.61%	626
2015	3.84%	2.59	111.16%	592

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Dominion Resources dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Dominion Resources Stock performance

Finally, last moth Dominion Resources showed a return of -9.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -40.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.