Vodafone Group Dividend yield

Vodafone Group is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Vodafone Group is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Vodafone Group stock dividend

Vodafone Group paid a total dividend of 2,159 million GBP last year, for a market value of 19,705 millions (Market Cap 15,989 millions). Vodafone Group dividend per share is 0.08 GBP, and his stock market price 0.73 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Vodafone Group has a dividend yield of 10.57%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. 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 Vodafone Group stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Vodafone Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Vodafone Group to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 10.57%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Vodafone Group payout on ernings is currently 15.38%, 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 Vodafone Groupcan 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 Vodafone Group is GBP 0.56 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Vodafone Group, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Vodafone Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Vodafone Group'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	10.57%	0.08	15.38%	26,993
2022	9.13%	0.08	42.11%	27,509
2021	6.80%	0.08	53.33%	27,353
2020	6.67%	0.08	66.67%	26,773
2019	5.13%	0.08	-400.00%	26,825
2018	8.69%	0.13	43.33%	26,676
2017	5.54%	0.13	-260.00%	26,623
2016	6.08%	0.12	0.00%	26,566
2015	5.04%	0.11	28.21%	26,566

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Vodafone Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

Vodafone Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Vodafone Group showed a return of -1.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -36.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Mobile Telecommunications firms.