UPL Dividend yield

UPL is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. UPL is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

UPL stock dividend

UPL paid a total dividend of 7,502 million INR last year, for a market value of 443,954 millions (Market Cap 311,493 millions). UPL dividend per share is 9.99 INR, and his stock market price 591.15 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, UPL has a dividend yield of 1.69%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare UPL stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the best India dividend stocks list.

UPL Dividend Payout

About the ability of UPL to maintain his current dividend of INR 9.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.69%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). UPL payout on ernings is currently 16.22%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that UPLcan 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 UPL is INR 74.83 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 9.99, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of UPL, compared againt world market average, India companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

UPL Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of UPL's dividend stock, both in percentage and in INR, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	INR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.69%	9.99	16.22%	751
2022	1.40%	10.03	16.11%	751
2021	1.34%	10.01	19.70%	764
2020	1.29%	6.02	16.14%	764
2019	0.91%	5.32	20.66%	764
2018	1.06%	8.04	17.39%	509
2017	0.92%	7.02	17.03%	507
2016	0.79%	5.01	16.28%	507
2015	1.20%	4.99	15.72%	429

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of UPL dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

UPL Stock performance

Finally, last moth UPL showed a return of -5.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -23.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Chemicals firms.