Martin Merietta Mate Dividend yield

Martin Merietta Mate is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Martin Merietta Mate is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Martin Merietta Mate stock dividend

Martin Merietta Mate paid a total dividend of 183 million USD last year, for a market value of 27,677 millions (Market Cap 27,506 millions). Martin Merietta Mate dividend per share is 2.95 USD, and his stock market price 446.41 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Martin Merietta Mate has a dividend yield of 0.66%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Martin Merietta Mate stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Martin Merietta Mate Dividend Payout

About the ability of Martin Merietta Mate to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.95 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.66%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Martin Merietta Mate payout on ernings is currently 20.10%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Martin Merietta Matecan 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 Martin Merietta Mate is USD 16.00 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.95, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Martin Merietta Mate, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Martin Merietta Mate Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Martin Merietta Mate'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	0.66%	2.95	20.10%	62
2022	0.78%	2.64	22.66%	62
2021	0.55%	2.42	20.49%	62
2020	0.80%	2.27	22.54%	62
2019	0.79%	2.21	28.37%	63
2018	1.12%	1.92	25.70%	63
2017	0.80%	1.77	25.21%	63
2016	0.77%	1.69	35.28%	64
2015	1.02%	1.61	64.66%	67

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Martin Merietta Mate dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

Martin Merietta Mate Stock performance

Finally, last moth Martin Merietta Mate showed a return of 0.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 28.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Construction and Materials firms.