Metro Inc. Dividend yield




   CAD/share 
 Price  69.64
 Dividend  1.21
 Earnings  3.96
 Cash-flow  5.57
 Book value  27.86
 Equity  27.69

Metro Inc. is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Metro Inc. is a company from Canada, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Metro Inc. stock dividend

Metro Inc. paid a total dividend of 282 million CAD last year, for a market value of 16,226 millions (Market Cap 16,221 millions). Metro Inc. dividend per share is 1.21 CAD, and his stock market price 69.64 CAD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Metro Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.74%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Canada. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Metro Inc. stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the high Canada dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Metro Inc.

Metro Inc. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Metro Inc. to maintain his current dividend of CAD 1.21 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.74%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Metro Inc. payout on ernings is currently 30.56%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Metro Inc.can 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 Metro Inc. is CAD 5.57 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CAD 1.21, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Metro Inc., compared againt world market average, Canada companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Metro Inc. payout

Metro Inc. Dividend History

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

Year Yield  CAD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present1.74%1.2130.56%233
20221.47%1.1028.21%237
20211.49%1.0027.32%246
20201.58%0.9026.16%252
20191.49%0.8026.14%256
20181.52%0.7210.50%256
20171.61%0.6523.90%228
20161.37%0.5622.49%238
20151.21%0.4724.35%246

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Metro Inc. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Canada stocks and that of the Food and Drug Retailers stocks.

Metro Inc. stock dividend history

Metro Inc. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Metro Inc. showed a return of -1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Canada and Food and Drug Retailers firms.

Metro Inc. stock and market return