Procter & Gamble Dividend yield

Procter & Gamble is part of Household Goods and Home Constr. business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Procter & Gamble is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Procter & Gamble stock dividend

Procter & Gamble paid a total dividend of 8,886 million USD last year, for a market value of 363,779 millions (Market Cap 362,904 millions). Procter & Gamble dividend per share is 3.77 USD, and his stock market price 154.34 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Procter & Gamble has a dividend yield of 2.44%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Procter & Gamble stocks dividend with other Household Goods and Home Constr. companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Procter & Gamble Dividend Payout

About the ability of Procter & Gamble to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.77 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.44%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Procter & Gamble payout on ernings is currently 59.37%, 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 Procter & Gamble 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 Procter & Gamble is USD 7.15 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.77, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Procter & Gamble Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Procter & Gamble'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	2.44%	3.77	59.37%	2,357
2022	2.41%	3.65	57.57%	2,370
2021	2.13%	3.48	57.62%	2,420
2020	2.27%	3.16	58.41%	2,476
2019	2.39%	2.99	176.92%	2,508
2018	3.12%	2.87	67.06%	2,488
2017	3.00%	2.76	45.02%	2,558
2016	3.25%	2.68	63.06%	2,557
2015	3.54%	2.65	96.01%	2,718

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Procter & Gamble dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Household Goods and Home Constr. stocks.

Procter & Gamble Stock performance

Finally, last moth Procter & Gamble showed a return of -1.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 11.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Household Goods and Home Constr. firms.