Enel Dividend yield

Enel is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Enel is a company from Italy, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Enel stock dividend

Enel paid a total dividend of 4,064 million EUR last year, for a market value of 63,087 millions (Market Cap 48,207 millions). Enel dividend per share is 0.40 EUR, and his stock market price 6.21 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Enel has a dividend yield of 6.44%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Italy. 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 Enel stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the highest Italy dividend stocks list.

Enel Dividend Payout

About the ability of Enel to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.44%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Enel payout on ernings is currently 121.21%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Enel 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 Enel is EUR 0.85 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Enel Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Enel'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*
Present	6.44%	0.40	121.21%	10,159
2022	7.55%	0.38	84.44%	10,162
2021	5.08%	0.36	94.74%	10,163
2020	3.96%	0.33	97.06%	10,166
2019	3.96%	0.28	48.28%	10,167
2018	4.70%	0.24	53.33%	10,167
2017	3.51%	0.18	56.25%	10,167
2016	4.20%	0.16	57.14%	10,157
2015	3.35%	0.14	100.00%	9,403

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Enel dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Italy stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Enel Stock performance

Finally, last moth Enel showed a return of -1.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 32.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Italy and Electricity firms.