Smith (DS) Dividend yield

Smith (DS) is part of General Industrials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Smith (DS) is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Smith (DS) stock dividend

Smith (DS) paid a total dividend of 220 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,296 millions (Market Cap 3,994 millions). Smith (DS) dividend per share is 0.16 GBP, and his stock market price 3.12 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Smith (DS) has a dividend yield of 5.19%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Smith (DS) stocks dividend with other General Industrials companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Smith (DS) Dividend Payout

About the ability of Smith (DS) to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.16 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Smith (DS) payout on ernings is currently 35.56%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Smith (DS)can maintain his current dividend.

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 Smith (DS) is GBP 0.62 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.16, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Smith (DS), compared againt world market average, UK companies, Industrials industry and General Industrials sector companies.

Smith (DS) Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Smith (DS)'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	5.19%	0.16	35.56%	1,377
2022	5.04%	0.16	53.33%	1,376
2021	3.15%	0.12	50.00%	1,373
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,372
2019	4.22%	0.16	57.14%	1,371
2018	4.56%	0.14	50.00%	1,368
2017	2.94%	0.15	57.69%	1,068
2016	3.26%	0.13	56.52%	939
2015	2.75%	0.11	50.00%	939

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Smith (DS) dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the General Industrials stocks.

Smith (DS) Stock performance

Finally, last moth Smith (DS) showed a return of 0.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 16.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and General Industrials firms.