Wacker Chemie Dividend yield




   EUR/share 
 Price  136.10
 Dividend  12.00
 Earnings  25.68
 Cash-flow  22.68
 Book value  97.21
 Equity  80.00

Wacker Chemie is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Wacker Chemie is a company from Germany, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Wacker Chemie stock dividend

Wacker Chemie paid a total dividend of 600 million EUR last year, for a market value of 6,805 millions (Market Cap 2,042 millions). Wacker Chemie dividend per share is 12.00 EUR, and his stock market price 136.10 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Wacker Chemie has a dividend yield of 8.82%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Germany. It is also bigger than average of Basic Materials 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 Wacker Chemie stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the highest Germany dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Wacker Chemie

Wacker Chemie Dividend Payout

About the ability of Wacker Chemie to maintain his current dividend of EUR 12.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.82%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Wacker Chemie payout on ernings is currently 46.73%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Wacker Chemie 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 Wacker Chemie is EUR 22.68 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 12.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Wacker Chemie, compared againt world market average, Germany companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Wacker Chemie payout

Wacker Chemie Dividend History

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

Year Yield  EUR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present8.82%12.0046.73%50
20226.70%8.0048.90%50
20211.52%2.0049.88%50
20200.43%0.50-3.94%50
20193.70%2.5047.71%50
20183.16%2.5014.22%50
20171.23%2.0051.28%50
20162.40%2.0038.17%50
20151.76%1.5034.40%50

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Wacker Chemie dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Germany stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Wacker Chemie stock dividend history

Wacker Chemie Stock performance

Finally, last moth Wacker Chemie showed a return of -3.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Germany and Chemicals firms.

Wacker Chemie stock and market return