Sempra Energy Dividend yield

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

Sempra Energy stock dividend

Sempra Energy paid a total dividend of 1,497 million USD last year, for a market value of 44,168 millions (Market Cap 44,174 millions). Sempra Energy dividend per share is 2.38 USD, and his stock market price 70.22 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sempra Energy has a dividend yield of 3.39%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Sempra Energy stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Sempra Energy Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sempra Energy to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.38 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.39%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sempra Energy payout on ernings is currently 70.41%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Sempra Energy 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 Sempra Energy is USD 1.81 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.38, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Sempra Energy Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sempra Energy'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*
Present	3.39%	2.38	70.41%	629
2022	2.96%	4.57	112.56%	314
2021	3.33%	4.40	37.26%	319
2020	3.28%	4.18	58.38%	289
2019	2.55%	3.86	115.57%	282
2018	3.31%	3.58	85.65%	274
2017	3.08%	3.29	59.71%	251
2016	3.03%	3.02	55.41%	250
2015	2.82%	2.80	58.70%	246

*In millions

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

Sempra Energy Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sempra Energy showed a return of -5.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -14.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.