Home Depot Dividend yield

Home Depot is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Home Depot is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Home Depot stock dividend

Home Depot paid a total dividend of 8,469 million USD last year, for a market value of 334,594 millions (Market Cap 334,094 millions). Home Depot dividend per share is 8.36 USD, and his stock market price 330.30 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Home Depot has a dividend yield of 2.53%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Home Depot stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Home Depot Dividend Payout

About the ability of Home Depot to maintain his current dividend of USD 8.36 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.53%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Home Depot payout on ernings is currently 49.61%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Home Depot 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 Home Depot is USD 14.42 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 8.36, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Home Depot, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Home Depot Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Home Depot'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*
Present	2.53%	8.36	49.61%	1,013
2022	2.41%	7.61	47.95%	1,033
2021	1.59%	6.60	54.55%	1,063
2020	2.26%	6.00	57.36%	1,074
2019	2.49%	5.44	54.29%	1,103
2018	2.40%	4.12	52.48%	1,153
2017	1.88%	3.56	52.82%	1,179
2016	2.13%	2.76	48.59%	1,236
2015	1.76%	2.36	48.26%	1,298

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Home Depot dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Home Depot Stock performance

Finally, last moth Home Depot showed a return of -1.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 14.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and General Retailers firms.