Imperial Oil Dividend yield




   CAD/share 
 Price  76.73
 Dividend  2.00
 Earnings  12.58
 Cash-flow  17.84
 Book value  38.37
 Equity  37.78

Imperial Oil is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Imperial Oil is a company from Canada, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Imperial Oil stock dividend

Imperial Oil paid a total dividend of 1,168 million CAD last year, for a market value of 44,810 millions (Market Cap 13,617 millions). Imperial Oil dividend per share is 2.00 CAD, and his stock market price 76.73 CAD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Imperial Oil has a dividend yield of 2.61%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Canada. It is also lower than average of Oil and Gas industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Imperial Oil stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the best Canada dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Imperial Oil

Imperial Oil Dividend Payout

About the ability of Imperial Oil to maintain his current dividend of CAD 2.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.61%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Imperial Oil payout on ernings is currently 15.90%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Imperial Oilcan 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 Imperial Oil is CAD 17.84 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CAD 2.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Imperial Oil, compared againt world market average, Canada companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Imperial Oil payout

Imperial Oil Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Imperial Oil's dividend stock, both in percentage and in CAD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  CAD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present2.61%2.0015.90%584
20222.67%1.7644.00%622
20212.37%1.08-40.45%696
20203.64%0.8829.53%739
20192.56%0.8828.66%753
20182.20%0.76122.58%793
20171.63%0.6424.81%838
20161.30%0.6045.45%849
20151.29%0.5612.53%849

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Imperial Oil dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Canada stocks and that of the Oil and Gas Producers stocks.

Imperial Oil stock dividend history

Imperial Oil Stock performance

Finally, last moth Imperial Oil showed a return of 8.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 19.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Canada and Oil and Gas Producers firms.

Imperial Oil stock and market return