LSE Group PLC Dividend yield

LSE Group PLC is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. LSE Group PLC is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

LSE Group PLC stock dividend

LSE Group PLC paid a total dividend of 557 million GBP last year, for a market value of 41,054 millions (Market Cap 34,957 millions). LSE Group PLC dividend per share is 1.11 GBP, and his stock market price 81.78 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, LSE Group PLC has a dividend yield of 1.36%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare LSE Group PLC stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

LSE Group PLC Dividend Payout

About the ability of LSE Group PLC to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.36%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). LSE Group PLC payout on ernings is currently 22.79%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that LSE Group PLCcan 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 LSE Group PLC is GBP 5.49 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of LSE Group PLC, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

LSE Group PLC Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of LSE Group PLC'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	1.36%	1.11	22.79%	502
2022	1.43%	1.02	27.13%	507
2021	1.11%	0.77	53.85%	506
2020	0.81%	0.73	35.61%	351
2019	0.82%	0.64	30.33%	350
2018	1.34%	0.54	31.76%	348
2017	1.20%	0.46	44.23%	349
2016	1.35%	0.37	24.67%	350
2015	0.89%	0.24	26.37%	347

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of LSE Group PLC dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

LSE Group PLC Stock performance

Finally, last moth LSE Group PLC showed a return of -3.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Financial Services firms.