Merlin Properties Socimi Dividend yield

Merlin Properties Socimi is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Merlin Properties Socimi is a company from Spain, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Merlin Properties Socimi stock dividend

Merlin Properties Socimi paid a total dividend of 206 million EUR last year, for a market value of 3,870 millions (Market Cap 2,760 millions). Merlin Properties Socimi dividend per share is 0.44 EUR, and his stock market price 8.27 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Merlin Properties Socimi has a dividend yield of 5.34%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Spain. 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 Merlin Properties Socimi stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high Spain dividend stocks list.

Merlin Properties Socimi Dividend Payout

About the ability of Merlin Properties Socimi to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.44 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.34%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Merlin Properties Socimi payout on ernings is currently 78.57%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Merlin Properties Socimi 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 Merlin Properties Socimi is EUR 0.64 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.44, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Merlin Properties Socimi, compared againt world market average, Spain companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Merlin Properties Socimi SA Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	EUR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.34%	0.44	78.57%	468
2022	2.54%	0.22	20.00%	467
2021	1.57%	0.15	125.00%	465
2020	4.47%	0.35	28.69%	465
2019	3.15%	0.40	21.62%	464
2018	2.04%	0.22	9.36%	468
2017	2.66%	0.30	19.11%	470

*In millions

Merlin Properties Socimi Stock performance

Finally, last moth Merlin Properties Socimi showed a return of -2.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -9.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Spain and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.