Public Storage Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  276.38
 Dividend  11.99
 Earnings  24.03
 Cash-flow  17.72
 Book value  32.52
 Equity  31.09

Public Storage is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Public Storage is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Public Storage stock dividend

Public Storage paid a total dividend of 2,110 million USD last year, for a market value of 48,643 millions (Market Cap 43,233 millions). Public Storage dividend per share is 11.99 USD, and his stock market price 276.38 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Public Storage has a dividend yield of 4.34%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Public Storage stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Public Storage

Public Storage Dividend Payout

About the ability of Public Storage to maintain his current dividend of USD 11.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.34%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Public Storage payout on ernings is currently 49.90%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Public Storage 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 Public Storage is USD 17.72 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 11.99, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Public Storage, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Public Storage payout

Public Storage Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Public Storage'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* 
Present4.34%11.9949.90%176
20222.86%8.0177.77%176
20212.14%8.02125.90%175
20203.46%7.99108.27%175
20193.76%8.0192.92%175
20183.95%8.00117.30%174
20173.83%8.00115.27%174
20163.44%7.20115.20%173
20152.83%6.79122.56%173

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Public Storage dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

Public Storage stock dividend history

Public Storage Stock performance

Finally, last moth Public Storage showed a return of -1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -16.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.

Public Storage stock and market return