Sanofi Dividend yield

Sanofi is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Sanofi is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sanofi stock dividend

Sanofi paid a total dividend of 4,464 million EUR last year, for a market value of 123,695 millions (Market Cap 107,300 millions). Sanofi dividend per share is 3.56 EUR, and his stock market price 98.64 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sanofi has a dividend yield of 3.61%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. It is also bigger than average of Health Care 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 Sanofi stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high France dividend stocks list.

Sanofi Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sanofi to maintain his current dividend of EUR 3.56 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.61%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sanofi payout on ernings is currently 42.23%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Sanofi 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 Sanofi is EUR 8.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 3.56, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sanofi, compared againt world market average, France companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Sanofi Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sanofi'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	3.61%	3.56	42.23%	1,254
2022	3.71%	3.33	52.28%	1,254
2021	3.61%	3.20	28.17%	1,253
2020	4.00%	3.15	77.21%	1,254
2019	3.43%	3.07	57.92%	1,248
2018	4.00%	3.03	32.44%	1,249
2017	4.12%	2.96	56.81%	1,258
2016	3.85%	2.93	53.47%	1,283
2015	3.38%	2.85	53.07%	1,298

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sanofi dividend stock, and compare it with the average of France stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Sanofi Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sanofi showed a return of 1.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 20.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.