Sage Group Dividend yield

Sage Group is part of Software and Computer Services business, which is part of Technology industry. Sage Group is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sage Group stock dividend

Sage Group paid a total dividend of 195 million GBP last year, for a market value of 9,943 millions (Market Cap 9,941 millions). Sage Group dividend per share is 0.19 GBP, and his stock market price 9.71 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sage Group has a dividend yield of 1.92%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Technology industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Sage Group stocks dividend with other Software and Computer Services companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Sage Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sage Group to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.19 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.92%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sage Group payout on ernings is currently 54.29%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures show that Sage Group 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 Sage Group is GBP 0.28 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.19, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sage Group, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Technology industry and Software and Computer Services sector companies.

Sage Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sage Group'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	1.92%	0.19	54.29%	1,024
2022	2.40%	0.18	51.43%	1,018
2021	2.04%	0.17	53.13%	1,026
2020	2.93%	0.17	51.52%	1,091
2019	2.22%	0.17	60.71%	1,086
2018	2.64%	0.16	50.00%	1,084
2017	1.83%	0.15	48.39%	1,081
2016	2.05%	0.13	59.09%	1,077
2015	2.12%	0.12	60.00%	1,077

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sage Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Software and Computer Services stocks.

Sage Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sage Group showed a return of 3.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 35.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Software and Computer Services firms.