Severn Trent Dividend yield

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

Severn Trent stock dividend

Severn Trent paid a total dividend of 270 million GBP last year, for a market value of 6,048 millions (Market Cap 6,036 millions). Severn Trent dividend per share is 1.07 GBP, and his stock market price 24.00 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Severn Trent has a dividend yield of 4.45%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Severn Trent stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Severn Trent Dividend Payout

About the ability of Severn Trent to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.07 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.45%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Severn Trent payout on ernings is currently 162.12%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Severn Trent 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 Severn Trent is GBP 2.16 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.07, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Severn Trent Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Severn Trent'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	4.45%	1.07	162.12%	252
2022	3.92%	1.04	0.00%	250
2021	3.45%	1.02	103.03%	250
2020	4.40%	1.01	124.69%	238
2019	3.82%	0.96	66.21%	237
2018	4.92%	0.89	80.18%	237
2017	3.86%	0.83	54.25%	236
2016	3.69%	0.81	54.00%	235
2015	3.77%	0.85	141.67%	238

*In millions

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

Severn Trent Stock performance

Finally, last moth Severn Trent showed a return of -6.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -13.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.