Sainsbury (J) Dividend yield

Sainsbury (J) is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Sainsbury (J) is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sainsbury (J) stock dividend

Sainsbury (J) paid a total dividend of 306 million GBP last year, for a market value of 6,361 millions (Market Cap 4,679 millions). Sainsbury (J) dividend per share is 0.13 GBP, and his stock market price 2.70 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sainsbury (J) has a dividend yield of 4.85%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 Sainsbury (J) stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Sainsbury (J) Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sainsbury (J) to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.13 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.85%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sainsbury (J) payout on ernings is currently 81.25%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Sainsbury (J) 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 Sainsbury (J) is GBP 0.93 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.13, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sainsbury (J), compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Sainsbury (J) Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sainsbury (J)'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	4.85%	0.13	81.25%	2,356
2022	6.34%	0.14	38.89%	2,339
2021	3.84%	0.11	-183.33%	2,332
2020	4.66%	0.11	91.67%	2,219
2019	4.87%	0.11	68.75%	2,207
2018	3.85%	0.10	58.82%	2,197
2017	4.02%	0.10	55.56%	2,189
2016	5.06%	0.12	54.55%	2,172
2015	4.81%	0.12	-171.43%	1,908

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sainsbury (J) dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Food and Drug Retailers stocks.

Sainsbury (J) Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sainsbury (J) showed a return of -2.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 32.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Food and Drug Retailers firms.