Telefonica Dividend yield

Telefonica is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Telefonica is a company from Spain, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Telefonica stock dividend

Telefonica paid a total dividend of 1,700 million EUR last year, for a market value of 21,640 millions (Market Cap 19,162 millions). Telefonica dividend per share is 0.30 EUR, and his stock market price 3.82 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Telefonica has a dividend yield of 7.85%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Spain. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 Telefonica stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Spain dividend stocks list.

Telefonica Dividend Payout

About the ability of Telefonica to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.30 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.85%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Telefonica payout on ernings is currently 38.46%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Telefonicacan 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 Telefonica is EUR 2.12 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.30, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Telefonica, compared againt world market average, Spain companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

Telefonica Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Telefonica'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	7.85%	0.30	38.46%	5,665
2022	4.43%	0.15	8.43%	5,636
2021	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	5,815
2020	11.21%	0.36	48.65%	5,624
2019	6.42%	0.40	32.79%	5,127
2018	5.45%	0.40	32.79%	5,126
2017	4.92%	0.40	35.40%	5,123
2016	9.12%	0.72	60.50%	5,004
2015	6.38%	0.75	59.52%	4,758

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Telefonica dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Spain stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

Telefonica Stock performance

Finally, last moth Telefonica showed a return of -1.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -7.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Spain and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.