LOreal Dividend yield

LOreal is part of Personal Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. LOreal is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

LOreal stock dividend

LOreal paid a total dividend of 3,221 million EUR last year, for a market value of 217,509 millions (Market Cap 93,809 millions). LOreal dividend per share is 6.01 EUR, and his stock market price 405.80 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, LOreal has a dividend yield of 1.48%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. 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 LOreal stocks dividend with other Personal Goods companies or other of the best France dividend stocks list.

LOreal Dividend Payout

About the ability of LOreal to maintain his current dividend of EUR 6.01 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.48%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). LOreal payout on ernings is currently 54.34%, 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 LOreal 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 LOreal is EUR 11.73 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 6.01, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of LOreal, compared againt world market average, France companies, Consumer Goods industry and Personal Goods sector companies.

LOreal Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of LOreal'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	1.48%	6.01	54.34%	536
2022	1.44%	4.80	51.95%	535
2021	0.96%	4.00	58.06%	561
2020	1.24%	3.85	53.40%	559
2019	1.46%	3.85	52.81%	561
2018	1.76%	3.54	51.91%	561
2017	1.78%	3.29	55.11%	560
2016	1.92%	3.09	49.92%	560
2015	1.61%	2.70	29.48%	553

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of LOreal dividend stock, and compare it with the average of France stocks and that of the Personal Goods stocks.

LOreal Stock performance

Finally, last moth LOreal showed a return of -4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Personal Goods firms.