Kingfisher Dividend yield

Kingfisher is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Kingfisher is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kingfisher stock dividend

Kingfisher paid a total dividend of 233 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,535 millions (Market Cap 4,534 millions). Kingfisher dividend per share is 0.12 GBP, and his stock market price 2.34 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kingfisher has a dividend yield of 5.30%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. 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 Kingfisher stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

Kingfisher Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kingfisher to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.12 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.30%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kingfisher payout on ernings is currently 41.38%, 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 Kingfisher 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 Kingfisher is GBP 0.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.12, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kingfisher, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Kingfisher Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kingfisher'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	5.30%	0.12	41.38%	1,938
2022	5.25%	0.12	25.53%	1,954
2021	3.56%	0.12	38.71%	2,111
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	2,110
2019	4.99%	0.11	84.62%	2,110
2018	5.21%	0.11	44.00%	2,149
2017	3.10%	0.10	32.26%	2,167
2016	2.88%	0.10	50.00%	2,255
2015	2.84%	0.10	40.00%	2,332

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kingfisher dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Kingfisher Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kingfisher showed a return of -4.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and General Retailers firms.