M&G Dividend yield

M&G is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. M&G is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

M&G stock dividend

M&G paid a total dividend of 472 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,508 millions (Market Cap 4,152 millions). M&G dividend per share is 0.20 GBP, and his stock market price 1.91 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, M&G has a dividend yield of 10.26%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 M&G stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

M&G Dividend Payout

About the ability of M&G to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.20 per share, an amount that accounts for 10.26%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). M&G payout on ernings is currently -29.41%, 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 M&Gcan 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 M&G is GBP -9.55 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.20, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

M&G Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of M&G'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	10.26%	0.20	-29.41%	2,360
2022	9.80%	0.18	360.00%	2,348
2021	9.19%	0.18	40.91%	2,600
2020	9.05%	0.18	41.86%	2,600
2019	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	2,600

*In millions

M&G Stock performance

Finally, last moth M&G showed a return of -4.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Financial Services firms.