Persimmon Dividend yield

Persimmon is part of Household Goods and Home Constr. business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Persimmon is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Persimmon stock dividend

Persimmon paid a total dividend of 542 million GBP last year, for a market value of 3,401 millions (Market Cap 3,385 millions). Persimmon dividend per share is 1.70 GBP, and his stock market price 10.66 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Persimmon has a dividend yield of 15.95%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Persimmon stocks dividend with other Household Goods and Home Constr. companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Persimmon Dividend Payout

About the ability of Persimmon to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.70 per share, an amount that accounts for 15.95%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Persimmon payout on ernings is currently 97.14%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Persimmon 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 Persimmon is GBP 1.25 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.70, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Persimmon, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Goods industry and Household Goods and Home Constr. sector companies.

Persimmon Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	15.95%	1.70	97.14%	319
2022	19.31%	2.35	94.76%	319
2021	10.68%	3.05	152.50%	319
2020	3.98%	1.10	41.35%	319
2019	8.72%	2.35	84.53%	319
2018	12.18%	2.35	93.63%	316
2017	4.93%	1.35	66.50%	309
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	306
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	306

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Persimmon dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Household Goods and Home Constr. stocks.

Persimmon Stock performance

Finally, last moth Persimmon showed a return of -8.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -27.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Household Goods and Home Constr. firms.