Orion B Dividend yield

Orion B is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Orion B is a company from Finland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Orion B stock dividend

Orion B paid a total dividend of 170 million EUR last year, for a market value of 4,006 millions (Market Cap 3,946 millions). Orion B dividend per share is 1.60 EUR, and his stock market price 37.79 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Orion B has a dividend yield of 4.23%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Finland. It is also bigger than average of Health Care 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 Orion B stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the best Finland dividend stocks list.

Orion B Dividend Payout

About the ability of Orion B to maintain his current dividend of EUR 1.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.23%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Orion B payout on ernings is currently 65.57%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Orion B 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 Orion B is EUR 2.98 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 1.60, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Orion B, compared againt world market average, Finland companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Orion B Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Orion B'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	4.23%	1.60	65.57%	106
2022	2.93%	1.50	108.70%	106
2021	4.11%	1.50	90.91%	106
2020	4.00%	1.50	98.04%	105
2019	3.63%	1.50	62.76%	104
2018	4.79%	1.45	87.88%	104
2017	4.34%	1.35	73.77%	103
2016	3.24%	1.30	87.25%	101
2015	4.11%	1.30	86.67%	101

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Orion B dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Finland stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Orion B Stock performance

Finally, last moth Orion B showed a return of 8.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -16.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Finland and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.