Interpublic Group Co Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  32.61
 Dividend  1.24
 Earnings  2.65
 Cash-flow  1.58
 Book value  9.32
 Equity  9.30

Interpublic Group Co is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Interpublic Group Co is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Interpublic Group Co stock dividend

Interpublic Group Co paid a total dividend of 479 million USD last year, for a market value of 12,587 millions (Market Cap 12,545 millions). Interpublic Group Co dividend per share is 1.24 USD, and his stock market price 32.61 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Interpublic Group Co has a dividend yield of 3.80%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. 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 Interpublic Group Co stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Interpublic Group Co

Interpublic Group Co Dividend Payout

About the ability of Interpublic Group Co to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.24 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.80%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Interpublic Group Co payout on ernings is currently 46.79%, 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 Interpublic Group Co 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 Interpublic Group Co is USD 1.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.24, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Interpublic Group Co payout

Interpublic Group Co Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Interpublic Group Co'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* 
Present3.80%1.2446.79%386
20223.48%1.1643.61%389
20212.88%1.0897.30%393
20204.34%1.0253.68%390
20194.07%0.9455.29%387
20184.07%0.8457.53%386
20173.57%0.7244.17%389
20162.49%0.6050.00%402
20152.09%0.4839.34%413

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Interpublic Group Co dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Media stocks.

Interpublic Group Co stock dividend history

Interpublic Group Co Stock performance

Finally, last moth Interpublic Group Co showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Media firms.

Interpublic Group Co stock and market return