WPP Dividend yield

WPP is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. WPP is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

WPP stock dividend

WPP paid a total dividend of 419 million GBP last year, for a market value of 8,235 millions (Market Cap 7,965 millions). WPP dividend per share is 0.39 GBP, and his stock market price 7.66 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, WPP has a dividend yield of 5.14%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 WPP stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

WPP Dividend Payout

About the ability of WPP to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.39 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.14%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). WPP payout on ernings is currently 54.17%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that WPP 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 WPP is GBP 0.65 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.39, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of WPP, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

WPP Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of WPP'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	5.14%	0.39	54.17%	1,075
2022	4.11%	0.34	51.52%	1,078
2021	2.37%	0.27	-11.11%	1,176
2020	1.25%	0.10	16.39%	1,225
2019	5.63%	0.60	55.05%	1,262
2018	7.09%	0.60	41.10%	1,265
2017	4.46%	0.60	46.88%	1,264
2016	2.83%	0.48	46.60%	1,296
2015	2.77%	0.43	44.33%	1,296

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of WPP dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Media stocks.

WPP Stock performance

Finally, last moth WPP showed a return of -10.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Media firms.