Wabtec Dividend yield

Wabtec is part of Industrial Engineering business, which is part of Industrials industry. Wabtec is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Wabtec stock dividend

Wabtec paid a total dividend of 122 million USD last year, for a market value of 20,254 millions (Market Cap 20,023 millions). Wabtec dividend per share is 0.68 USD, and his stock market price 112.52 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Wabtec has a dividend yield of 0.60%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Wabtec stocks dividend with other Industrial Engineering companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Wabtec Dividend Payout

About the ability of Wabtec to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.68 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.60%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Wabtec payout on ernings is currently 13.23%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Wabteccan 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 Wabtec is USD 5.77 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.68, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Wabtec, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Engineering sector companies.

Wabtec Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Wabtec'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	0.60%	0.68	13.23%	180
2022	0.60%	0.60	12.99%	183
2021	0.52%	0.48	12.87%	187
2020	0.66%	0.48	16.22%	190
2019	0.62%	0.48	28.74%	192
2018	0.68%	0.48	13.99%	96
2017	0.59%	0.48	14.08%	96
2016	0.47%	0.40	8.60%	90
2015	0.40%	0.32	8.31%	97

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Wabtec dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Industrial Engineering stocks.

Wabtec Stock performance

Finally, last moth Wabtec showed a return of -5.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 28.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Industrial Engineering firms.