United Utilities Gro Dividend yield

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

United Utilities Gro stock dividend

United Utilities Gro paid a total dividend of 314 million GBP last year, for a market value of 6,459 millions (Market Cap 6,455 millions). United Utilities Gro dividend per share is 0.46 GBP, and his stock market price 9.47 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, United Utilities Gro has a dividend yield of 4.81%, 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 United Utilities Gro stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

United Utilities Gro Dividend Payout

About the ability of United Utilities Gro to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.46 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.81%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). United Utilities Gro payout on ernings is currently 127.78%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that United Utilities Gro 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 United Utilities Gro is GBP 1.15 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.46, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

United Utilities Gro Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of United Utilities Gro'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	4.81%	0.46	127.78%	682
2022	4.46%	0.44	0.00%	682
2021	3.98%	0.43	58.90%	682
2020	4.78%	0.43	195.45%	682
2019	4.42%	0.42	71.19%	682
2018	5.47%	0.40	71.43%	682
2017	4.72%	0.39	57.35%	682
2016	4.35%	0.38	60.32%	682
2015	3.90%	0.38	86.36%	682

*In millions

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

United Utilities Gro Stock performance

Finally, last moth United Utilities Gro showed a return of -5.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -10.40% 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.