Wendel Dividend yield

Wendel is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Wendel is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Wendel stock dividend

Wendel paid a total dividend of 141 million EUR last year, for a market value of 3,716 millions (Market Cap 2,281 millions). Wendel dividend per share is 3.20 EUR, and his stock market price 84.45 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Wendel has a dividend yield of 3.79%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Wendel stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the highest France dividend stocks list.

Wendel Dividend Payout

About the ability of Wendel to maintain his current dividend of EUR 3.20 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Wendel payout on ernings is currently 16.68%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Wendelcan 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 Wendel is EUR 27.24 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 3.20, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Wendel, compared againt world market average, France companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Wendel Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Wendel'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*
Present	3.79%	3.20	16.68%	44
2022	3.44%	3.00	10.66%	43
2021	2.75%	2.90	112.40%	44
2020	2.86%	2.80	19.15%	44
2019	2.36%	2.80	48.95%	44
2018	2.53%	2.65	29.88%	46
2017	1.63%	2.35	-70.57%	46
2016	1.97%	2.15	0.00%	45
2015	1.77%	2.00	52.63%	46

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Wendel dividend stock, and compare it with the average of France stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Wendel Stock performance

Finally, last moth Wendel showed a return of -6.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 7.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Financial Services firms.