Imperial Tobacco Gp Dividend yield

Imperial Tobacco Gp is part of Tobacco business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Imperial Tobacco Gp is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Imperial Tobacco Gp stock dividend

Imperial Tobacco Gp paid a total dividend of 1,309 million GBP last year, for a market value of 16,504 millions (Market Cap 16,417 millions). Imperial Tobacco Gp dividend per share is 1.42 GBP, and his stock market price 17.90 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Imperial Tobacco Gp has a dividend yield of 7.92%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Imperial Tobacco Gp stocks dividend with other Tobacco companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

Imperial Tobacco Gp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Imperial Tobacco Gp to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.42 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.92%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Imperial Tobacco Gp payout on ernings is currently 66.67%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Imperial Tobacco Gp 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 Imperial Tobacco Gp is GBP 3.09 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.42, 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 Tobacco Gp, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Goods industry and Tobacco sector companies.

Imperial Tobacco Gp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Imperial Tobacco Gp'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	7.92%	1.42	66.67%	922
2022	6.78%	1.40	67.63%	950
2021	8.57%	1.39	40.41%	946
2020	10.53%	1.62	75.00%	946
2019	10.70%	2.00	116.96%	957
2018	7.65%	1.82	70.54%	954
2017	5.22%	1.65	62.03%	959
2016	4.38%	1.50	88.24%	963
2015	5.05%	1.81	73.28%	963

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Imperial Tobacco Gp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Tobacco stocks.

Imperial Tobacco Gp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Imperial Tobacco Gp showed a return of -2.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Tobacco firms.