Dow Inc Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  54.56
 Dividend  2.80
 Earnings  6.99
 Cash-flow  10.49
 Book value  28.72
 Equity  27.30

Dow Inc is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Dow Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Dow Inc stock dividend

Dow Inc paid a total dividend of 1,980 million USD last year, for a market value of 38,574 millions (Market Cap 38,548 millions). Dow Inc dividend per share is 2.80 USD, and his stock market price 54.56 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Dow Inc has a dividend yield of 5.13%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Basic Materials 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 Dow Inc stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Dow Inc

Dow Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of Dow Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.13%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Dow Inc payout on ernings is currently 40.06%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Dow Inc 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 Dow Inc is USD 10.49 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Dow Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Dow Inc payout

Dow Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Dow Inc'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* 
Present5.13%2.8040.06%707
20225.56%2.8028.90%704
20214.94%2.80121.74%747
20205.05%2.80-245.61%741
20193.84%2.1030.70%749

*In millions

Dow Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth Dow Inc showed a return of -3.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 7.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.

Dow Inc stock and market return