Lear Corp Dividend yield

Lear Corp is part of Automobiles and Parts business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Lear Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Lear Corp stock dividend

Lear Corp paid a total dividend of 182 million USD last year, for a market value of 8,501 millions (Market Cap 8,441 millions). Lear Corp dividend per share is 3.08 USD, and his stock market price 144.09 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Lear Corp has a dividend yield of 2.14%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. 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 Lear Corp stocks dividend with other Automobiles and Parts companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Lear Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Lear Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.14%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Lear Corp payout on ernings is currently 45.56%, 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 Lear Corp 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 Lear Corp is USD 17.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Lear Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Automobiles and Parts sector companies.

Lear Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Lear Corp'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	2.14%	3.08	45.56%	59
2022	2.48%	3.08	40.74%	59
2021	1.68%	3.07	82.31%	60
2020	0.63%	1.00	7.36%	60
2019	2.19%	3.00	15.31%	61
2018	2.28%	2.80	14.81%	64
2017	1.13%	2.00	13.25%	68
2016	0.93%	1.20	10.75%	72
2015	0.79%	0.99	10.77%	77

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Lear Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Automobiles and Parts stocks.

Lear Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Lear Corp showed a return of -6.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 3.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Automobiles and Parts firms.