Experian Dividend yield

Experian is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Experian is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Experian stock dividend

Experian paid a total dividend of 404 million GBP last year, for a market value of 25,383 millions (Market Cap 25,294 millions). Experian dividend per share is 0.44 GBP, and his stock market price 27.62 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Experian has a dividend yield of 1.58%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Experian stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

Experian Dividend Payout

About the ability of Experian to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.44 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.58%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Experian payout on ernings is currently 36.67%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Experiancan maintain his current dividend.

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 Experian is GBP 1.55 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.44, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Experian, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Experian Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.58%	0.44	36.67%	919
2022	1.45%	0.41	30.60%	922
2021	0.94%	0.34	32.38%	917
2020	1.33%	0.37	39.36%	908
2019	1.44%	0.37	41.57%	910
2018	1.77%	0.34	39.08%	918
2017	2.03%	0.33	32.35%	931
2016	1.82%	0.27	34.18%	960
2015	2.03%	0.25	32.89%	974

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Experian dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

Experian Stock performance

Finally, last moth Experian showed a return of -8.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 5.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Support Services firms.