Kerry Group A Dividend yield

Kerry Group A is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Kerry Group A is a company from Ireland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kerry Group A stock dividend

Kerry Group A paid a total dividend of 186 million EUR last year, for a market value of 15,247 millions (Market Cap 13,274 millions). Kerry Group A dividend per share is 1.05 EUR, and his stock market price 86.14 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kerry Group A has a dividend yield of 1.22%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Ireland. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Kerry Group A stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the highest Ireland dividend stocks list.

Kerry Group A Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kerry Group A to maintain his current dividend of EUR 1.05 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.22%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kerry Group A payout on ernings is currently 26.92%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Kerry Group Acan 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 Kerry Group A is EUR 4.08 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 1.05, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Kerry Group A Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	EUR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.22%	1.05	26.92%	177
2022	1.16%	0.98	20.59%	177
2021	0.79%	0.89	25.21%	177
2020	0.68%	0.81	22.69%	177
2019	0.65%	0.72	21.36%	176
2018	0.75%	0.65	18.06%	176
2017	0.62%	0.58	17.63%	176
2016	0.78%	0.52	16.20%	176
2015	0.61%	0.47	16.26%	176

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kerry Group A dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Ireland stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Kerry Group A Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kerry Group A showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -16.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Ireland and Food Producers firms.