Ferguson Dividend yield

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

Ferguson stock dividend

Ferguson paid a total dividend of 711 million GBP last year, for a market value of 26,332 millions (Market Cap 26,323 millions). Ferguson dividend per share is 3.47 GBP, and his stock market price 128.45 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ferguson has a dividend yield of 2.70%, 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 Ferguson stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

Ferguson Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ferguson to maintain his current dividend of GBP 3.47 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.70%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ferguson payout on ernings is currently 40.78%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Ferguson 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 Ferguson is GBP 4.27 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 3.47, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Ferguson Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ferguson'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	2.70%	3.47	40.78%	205
2022	2.77%	2.89	34.61%	208
2021	1.33%	1.74	31.18%	221
2020	1.77%	1.57	39.75%	225
2019	2.34%	1.60	37.38%	227
2018	2.88%	1.44	33.26%	232

*In millions

Ferguson Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ferguson showed a return of 2.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 28.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Support Services firms.