Marine Harvest ASA Dividend yield




   NOK/share 
 Price  193.00
 Dividend  7.70
 Earnings  15.32
 Cash-flow  11.63
 Book value  71.48
 Equity  65.75

Marine Harvest ASA is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Marine Harvest ASA is a company from Norway, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Marine Harvest ASA stock dividend

Marine Harvest ASA paid a total dividend of 3,981 million NOK last year, for a market value of 99,781 millions (Market Cap 85,261 millions). Marine Harvest ASA dividend per share is 7.70 NOK, and his stock market price 193.00 NOK.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Marine Harvest ASA has a dividend yield of 3.99%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Norway. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Marine Harvest ASA stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the high Norway dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Marine Harvest ASA

Marine Harvest ASA Dividend Payout

About the ability of Marine Harvest ASA to maintain his current dividend of NOK 7.70 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.99%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Marine Harvest ASA payout on ernings is currently 50.26%, 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 Marine Harvest ASA 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 Marine Harvest ASA is NOK 11.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of NOK 7.70, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Marine Harvest ASA, compared againt world market average, Norway companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Marine Harvest ASA payout

Marine Harvest ASA Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Marine Harvest ASA's dividend stock, both in percentage and in NOK, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year Yield  NOK  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.99%7.7050.26%517
20223.85%6.4466.67%517
20211.43%2.98118.25%517
20205.45%10.41113.40%517
20194.56%10.4197.65%516
20185.69%10.40118.45%500
20170.00%0.000.00%490
20160.00%0.000.00%450
20156.13%7.20341.23%450

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Marine Harvest ASA dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Norway stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Marine Harvest ASA stock dividend history

Marine Harvest ASA Stock performance

Finally, last moth Marine Harvest ASA showed a return of 8.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Norway and Food Producers firms.

Marine Harvest ASA stock and market return