RWE Dividend yield

RWE is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. RWE is a company from Germany, and his stocks are publicly traded.

RWE stock dividend

RWE paid a total dividend of 670 million EUR last year, for a market value of 28,317 millions (Market Cap 27,077 millions). RWE dividend per share is 0.90 EUR, and his stock market price 38.06 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, RWE has a dividend yield of 2.36%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Germany. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare RWE stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the best Germany dividend stocks list.

RWE Dividend Payout

About the ability of RWE to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.90 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.36%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). RWE payout on ernings is currently 22.96%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that RWEcan 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 RWE is EUR 3.23 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.90, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of RWE, compared againt world market average, Germany companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

RWE Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of RWE'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	2.36%	0.90	22.96%	744
2022	2.16%	0.90	68.18%	676
2021	2.38%	0.85	58.62%	676
2020	2.31%	0.80	6.71%	676
2019	2.56%	0.70	127.27%	615
2018	2.64%	0.50	14.25%	576
2017	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	576
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	576
2015	9.18%	1.00	32.15%	576

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of RWE dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Germany stocks and that of the Gas Water and Multiutilities stocks.

RWE Stock performance

Finally, last moth RWE showed a return of -2.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -0.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Germany and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.