Kellogg Dividend yield

Kellogg is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Kellogg is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kellogg stock dividend

Kellogg paid a total dividend of 823 million USD last year, for a market value of 20,930 millions (Market Cap 15,823 millions). Kellogg dividend per share is 2.40 USD, and his stock market price 61.02 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kellogg has a dividend yield of 3.93%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. 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 Kellogg stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Kellogg Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kellogg to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.93%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kellogg payout on ernings is currently 85.71%, 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 Kellogg 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 Kellogg is USD 4.80 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kellogg, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Kellogg Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kellogg'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*
Present	3.93%	2.40	85.71%	343
2022	3.31%	2.36	54.00%	341
2021	3.60%	2.32	60.10%	341
2020	3.66%	2.28	79.17%	343
2019	3.30%	2.28	57.72%	341
2018	3.93%	2.24	60.54%	347
2017	3.18%	2.16	106.40%	345
2016	2.89%	2.08	116.85%	350
2015	2.91%	2.00	112.99%	362

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kellogg dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Kellogg Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kellogg showed a return of -8.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -16.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food Producers firms.