Glencore Dividend yield

Glencore is part of Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Glencore is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Glencore stock dividend

Glencore paid a total dividend of 4,388 million GBP last year, for a market value of 52,777 millions (Market Cap 52,499 millions). Glencore dividend per share is 0.35 GBP, and his stock market price 4.21 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Glencore has a dividend yield of 8.27%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Basic Materials 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 Glencore stocks dividend with other Mining companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Glencore Dividend Payout

About the ability of Glencore to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.35 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Glencore payout on ernings is currently 30.70%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Glencorecan 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 Glencore is GBP 1.00 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.35, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Glencore, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Basic Materials industry and Mining sector companies.

Glencore Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Glencore'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	8.27%	0.35	30.70%	12,536
2022	3.83%	0.21	72.41%	12,925
2021	2.31%	0.09	-90.00%	13,324
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	13,324
2019	6.76%	0.16	80.00%	13,382
2018	5.11%	0.15	45.45%	14,099
2017	1.38%	0.05	62.50%	14,395
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	14,395
2015	12.29%	0.12	120.00%	14,395

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Glencore dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Mining stocks.

Glencore Stock performance

Finally, last moth Glencore showed a return of -9.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -7.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Mining firms.