Johnson Matthey Dividend yield

Johnson Matthey is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Johnson Matthey is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Johnson Matthey stock dividend

Johnson Matthey paid a total dividend of 142 million GBP last year, for a market value of 2,999 millions (Market Cap 2,932 millions). Johnson Matthey dividend per share is 0.77 GBP, and his stock market price 16.30 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Johnson Matthey has a dividend yield of 4.72%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. However, it is lower than the average of Basic Materials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Johnson Matthey stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Johnson Matthey Dividend Payout

About the ability of Johnson Matthey to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.77 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.72%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Johnson Matthey payout on ernings is currently 47.83%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Johnson Matthey 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 Johnson Matthey is GBP 1.23 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.77, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Johnson Matthey, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Johnson Matthey Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Johnson Matthey'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	4.72%	0.77	47.83%	184
2022	3.62%	0.77	-226.47%	184
2021	3.52%	0.72	58.54%	194
2020	2.11%	0.51	35.42%	194
2019	2.90%	0.87	37.99%	194
2018	2.91%	0.81	47.37%	194
2017	2.48%	0.76	35.02%	194
2016	2.32%	0.73	38.62%	194
2015	2.40%	0.68	30.49%	205

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Johnson Matthey dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Johnson Matthey Stock performance

Finally, last moth Johnson Matthey showed a return of -9.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -19.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Chemicals firms.