WalMart Dividend yield




   USD/share 
 Price  162.61
 Dividend  2.28
 Earnings  4.32
 Cash-flow  10.70
 Book value  28.53
 Equity  29.59

WalMart is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. WalMart is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

WalMart stock dividend

WalMart paid a total dividend of 6,149 million USD last year, for a market value of 438,559 millions (Market Cap 231,813 millions). WalMart dividend per share is 2.28 USD, and his stock market price 162.61 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, WalMart has a dividend yield of 1.40%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare WalMart stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of WalMart

WalMart Dividend Payout

About the ability of WalMart to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.28 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.40%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). WalMart payout on ernings is currently 52.78%, 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 WalMart 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 WalMart is USD 10.70 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.28, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of WalMart, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

WalMart payout

Wal-Mart Stores Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Wal-Mart Stores'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* 
Present1.40%2.2852.78%2,697
20221.58%2.2444.36%2,714
20211.52%2.2045.74%2,814
20201.50%2.1641.06%2,834
20192.66%3.16127.42%2,867
20182.23%2.0863.41%2,953
20172.07%2.0444.44%2,987
20162.84%2.0042.28%3,117
20153.33%1.9638.28%3,206

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of WalMart dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

WalMart stock dividend history

WalMart Stock performance

Finally, last moth WalMart showed a return of 1.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 22.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and General Retailers firms.

WalMart stock and market return