GSK Dividend yield

GSK is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. GSK is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

GSK stock dividend

GSK paid a total dividend of 2,293 million GBP last year, for a market value of 56,880 millions (Market Cap 55,837 millions). GSK dividend per share is 0.56 GBP, and his stock market price 13.89 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, GSK has a dividend yield of 4.00%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Health Care 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 GSK stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

GSK Dividend Payout

About the ability of GSK to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.56 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.00%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). GSK payout on ernings is currently 14.11%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that GSKcan 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 GSK is GBP 1.62 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.56, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of GSK, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

GSK Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of GSK'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	4.00%	0.56	14.11%	4,095
2022	5.30%	0.76	55.47%	4,067

*In millions

GSK Stock performance

Finally, last moth GSK showed a return of 0.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.