WP Carey Inc Dividend yield

WP Carey Inc is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. WP Carey Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

WP Carey Inc stock dividend

WP Carey Inc paid a total dividend of 914 million USD last year, for a market value of 13,921 millions (Market Cap 13,761 millions). WP Carey Inc dividend per share is 4.27 USD, and his stock market price 65.05 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, WP Carey Inc has a dividend yield of 6.57%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 WP Carey Inc stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

WP Carey Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of WP Carey Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.27 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.57%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). WP Carey Inc payout on ernings is currently 152.50%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that WP Carey Inc 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 WP Carey Inc is USD 4.68 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.27, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of WP Carey Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

WP Carey Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of WP Carey Inc'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*
Present	6.57%	4.27	152.50%	214
2022	5.45%	4.26	216.24%	208
2021	5.14%	4.22	174.38%	186
2020	5.93%	4.19	240.80%	175
2019	5.19%	4.15	173.64%	172

*In millions

WP Carey Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth WP Carey Inc showed a return of -3.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -22.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.