HSBC Hldgs Dividend yield

HSBC Hldgs is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. HSBC Hldgs is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

HSBC Hldgs stock dividend

HSBC Hldgs paid a total dividend of 6,993 million GBP last year, for a market value of 116,478 millions (Market Cap 116,473 millions). HSBC Hldgs dividend per share is 0.35 GBP, and his stock market price 5.83 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, HSBC Hldgs has a dividend yield of 5.99%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 HSBC Hldgs stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

HSBC Hldgs Dividend Payout

About the ability of HSBC Hldgs to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.35 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.99%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). HSBC Hldgs payout on ernings is currently 52.24%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that HSBC Hldgs 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 HSBC Hldgs is GBP 3.64 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 HSBC Hldgs, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

HSBC Hldgs Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of HSBC Hldgs'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	5.99%	0.35	52.24%	19,979
2022	4.10%	0.21	41.18%	20,121
2021	3.53%	0.16	66.67%	20,425
2020	6.40%	0.24	88.89%	20,365
2019	6.81%	0.40	80.00%	20,236
2018	5.86%	0.38	84.44%	20,084
2017	5.18%	0.40	0.00%	20,049
2016	5.92%	0.38	84.44%	19,813
2015	6.12%	0.32	72.73%	19,516

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of HSBC Hldgs dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

HSBC Hldgs Stock performance

Finally, last moth HSBC Hldgs showed a return of -9.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 10.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Banks firms.