Entergy Corp Dividend yield

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

Entergy Corp stock dividend

Entergy Corp paid a total dividend of 907 million USD last year, for a market value of 20,193 millions (Market Cap 20,123 millions). Entergy Corp dividend per share is 4.28 USD, and his stock market price 95.25 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Entergy Corp has a dividend yield of 4.49%, 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 Entergy Corp stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Entergy Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Entergy Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.28 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.49%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Entergy Corp payout on ernings is currently 82.31%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Entergy Corp 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 Entergy Corp is USD 12.21 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.28, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Entergy Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Entergy Corp'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	4.49%	4.28	82.31%	212
2022	3.80%	4.28	77.96%	203
2021	3.59%	4.04	58.47%	201
2020	3.81%	3.80	61.69%	201
2019	3.11%	3.73	87.56%	199
2018	4.23%	3.64	67.66%	181
2017	4.37%	3.56	-109.20%	180
2016	5.06%	3.48	-351.52%	178
2015	5.10%	3.40	65.26%	181

*In millions

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

Entergy Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Entergy Corp showed a return of -7.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -17.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.