UPM-Kymmene Dividend yield

UPM-Kymmene is part of Forestry and Paper business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. UPM-Kymmene is a company from Finland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

UPM-Kymmene stock dividend

UPM-Kymmene paid a total dividend of 400 million EUR last year, for a market value of 16,853 millions (Market Cap 16,840 millions). UPM-Kymmene dividend per share is 0.75 EUR, and his stock market price 31.62 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, UPM-Kymmene has a dividend yield of 2.37%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Finland. 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 UPM-Kymmene stocks dividend with other Forestry and Paper companies or other of the best Finland dividend stocks list.

UPM-Kymmene Dividend Payout

About the ability of UPM-Kymmene to maintain his current dividend of EUR 0.75 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.37%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). UPM-Kymmene payout on ernings is currently 25.86%, 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 UPM-Kymmenecan 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 UPM-Kymmene is EUR 0.95 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 0.75, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of UPM-Kymmene, compared againt world market average, Finland companies, Basic Materials industry and Forestry and Paper sector companies.

UPM-Kymmene Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of UPM-Kymmene'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	2.37%	0.75	25.86%	533
2022	3.72%	1.30	53.28%	533
2021	3.89%	1.30	120.37%	533
2020	4.27%	1.30	64.36%	533
2019	4.21%	1.30	45.77%	533
2018	5.19%	1.15	61.83%	533
2017	3.67%	0.95	56.21%	534
2016	3.47%	0.75	41.90%	532
2015	3.87%	0.70	66.67%	532

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of UPM-Kymmene dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Finland stocks and that of the Forestry and Paper stocks.

UPM-Kymmene Stock performance

Finally, last moth UPM-Kymmene showed a return of 5.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -6.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Finland and Forestry and Paper firms.