Weir Group Dividend yield

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

Weir Group stock dividend

Weir Group paid a total dividend of 86 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,771 millions (Market Cap 4,748 millions). Weir Group dividend per share is 0.33 GBP, and his stock market price 18.35 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Weir Group has a dividend yield of 1.79%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. 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 Weir Group stocks dividend with other Industrial Engineering companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

Weir Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Weir Group to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.33 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Weir Group payout on ernings is currently 33.67%, 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 Weir Groupcan 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 Weir Group is GBP 1.07 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.33, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Weir Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Weir Group'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	1.79%	0.33	33.67%	260
2022	1.55%	0.26	35.62%	260
2021	0.67%	0.11	-29.73%	260
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	260
2019	3.11%	0.47	146.88%	260
2018	3.45%	0.45	60.00%	259
2017	2.07%	0.44	110.00%	223
2016	2.43%	0.44	-75.86%	217
2015	3.66%	0.44	78.57%	213

*In millions

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

Weir Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Weir Group showed a return of 0.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 25.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Industrial Engineering firms.