Moodys Corporation Dividend yield

Moodys Corporation is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Moodys Corporation is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Moodys Corporation stock dividend

Moodys Corporation paid a total dividend of 563 million USD last year, for a market value of 61,971 millions (Market Cap 53,368 millions). Moodys Corporation dividend per share is 3.06 USD, and his stock market price 336.80 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Moodys Corporation has a dividend yield of 0.91%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Moodys Corporation stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Moodys Corporation Dividend Payout

About the ability of Moodys Corporation to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.06 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.91%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Moodys Corporation payout on ernings is currently 34.62%, 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 Moodys Corporationcan 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 Moodys Corporation is USD 8.04 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.06, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Moodys Corporation, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Moodys Corporation Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Moodys Corporation'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	0.91%	3.06	34.62%	184
2022	1.00%	2.79	21.73%	185
2021	0.63%	2.46	24.19%	187
2020	0.77%	2.23	27.43%	188
2019	0.84%	1.99	27.91%	190
2018	1.26%	1.76	41.51%	192
2017	1.03%	1.52	96.82%	191
2016	1.47%	1.48	29.31%	192
2015	1.32%	1.36	27.04%	202

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Moodys Corporation dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Moodys Corporation Stock performance

Finally, last moth Moodys Corporation showed a return of -4.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.