Viatris Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  10.75
 Dividend  0.48
 Earnings  3.84
 Cash-flow  2.44
 Book value  17.92
 Equity  17.38

Viatris is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Viatris is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Viatris stock dividend

Viatris paid a total dividend of 575 million USD last year, for a market value of 12,868 millions (Market Cap 12,833 millions). Viatris dividend per share is 0.48 USD, and his stock market price 10.75 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Viatris has a dividend yield of 4.47%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Health Care 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 Viatris stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Viatris

Viatris Dividend Payout

About the ability of Viatris to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.48 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.47%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Viatris payout on ernings is currently 12.50%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Viatriscan 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 Viatris is USD 2.44 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.48, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Viatris, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Viatris payout

Viatris Dividend History

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

Year Yield  USD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present4.47%0.4812.50%1,197
20224.31%0.4840.68%1,212
20212.44%0.3342.86%1,209

*In millions

Viatris Stock performance

Finally, last moth Viatris showed a return of 2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 12.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.

Viatris stock and market return