Northern Trust Dividend yield

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

Northern Trust stock dividend

Northern Trust paid a total dividend of 624 million USD last year, for a market value of 15,823 millions (Market Cap 15,554 millions). Northern Trust dividend per share is 3.00 USD, and his stock market price 76.07 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Northern Trust has a dividend yield of 3.94%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Northern Trust stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Northern Trust Dividend Payout

About the ability of Northern Trust to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.94%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Northern Trust payout on ernings is currently 36.28%, 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 Northern Trustcan 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 Northern Trust is USD 11.53 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Northern Trust Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Northern Trust'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	3.94%	3.00	36.28%	208
2022	3.39%	3.00	32.89%	208
2021	2.34%	2.80	38.15%	208
2020	3.01%	2.80	32.79%	208
2019	2.64%	2.80	32.41%	212
2018	2.63%	2.20	34.76%	221
2017	1.68%	1.68	30.27%	230
2016	1.85%	1.52	29.06%	228
2015	1.92%	1.44	32.51%	233

*In millions

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

Northern Trust Stock performance

Finally, last moth Northern Trust showed a return of -5.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -20.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.