ITV Dividend yield

ITV is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. ITV is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

ITV stock dividend

ITV paid a total dividend of 201 million GBP last year, for a market value of 2,858 millions (Market Cap 2,635 millions). ITV dividend per share is 0.05 GBP, and his stock market price 0.71 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, ITV has a dividend yield of 7.06%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 ITV stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

ITV Dividend Payout

About the ability of ITV to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.05 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.06%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). ITV payout on ernings is currently 38.46%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that ITV is in a good position to keep maintaining 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 ITV is GBP 0.08 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.05, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of ITV, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

ITV Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of ITV'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	7.06%	0.05	38.46%	4,025
2022	6.65%	0.05	45.45%	4,025
2021	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	4,025
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	4,025
2019	5.30%	0.08	61.54%	4,025
2018	6.31%	0.08	66.67%	4,025
2017	4.42%	0.07	53.85%	4,025
2016	3.87%	0.07	50.00%	4,025
2015	1.92%	0.05	38.46%	4,025

*In millions

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

ITV Stock performance

Finally, last moth ITV showed a return of -2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 10.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Media firms.