Genuine Parts Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  153.73
 Dividend  3.80
 Earnings  9.55
 Cash-flow  10.46
 Book value  26.97
 Equity  25.95

Genuine Parts is part of Automobiles and Parts business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Genuine Parts is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Genuine Parts stock dividend

Genuine Parts paid a total dividend of 536 million USD last year, for a market value of 21,676 millions (Market Cap 21,521 millions). Genuine Parts dividend per share is 3.80 USD, and his stock market price 153.73 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Genuine Parts has a dividend yield of 2.47%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Genuine Parts stocks dividend with other Automobiles and Parts companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Genuine Parts

Genuine Parts Dividend Payout

About the ability of Genuine Parts to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.47%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Genuine Parts payout on ernings is currently 39.79%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Genuine Parts should not have problems to continue paying his 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 Genuine Parts is USD 10.46 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Genuine Parts, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Automobiles and Parts sector companies.

Genuine Parts payout

Genuine Parts Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Genuine Parts'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* 
Present2.47%3.8039.79%141
20222.06%3.5750.42%142
20212.33%3.270.00%142
20203.15%3.1662.95%144
20192.87%3.0549.67%146
20183.00%2.8858.78%147
20172.84%2.7054.55%147
20162.73%2.6353.02%150
20152.71%2.4649.90%152

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Genuine Parts dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Automobiles and Parts stocks.

Genuine Parts stock dividend history

Genuine Parts Stock performance

Finally, last moth Genuine Parts showed a return of -1.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Automobiles and Parts firms.

Genuine Parts stock and market return