Whitbread Dividend yield

Whitbread is part of Travel and Leisure business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Whitbread is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Whitbread stock dividend

Whitbread paid a total dividend of 149 million GBP last year, for a market value of 6,949 millions (Market Cap 6,927 millions). Whitbread dividend per share is 0.74 GBP, and his stock market price 34.40 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Whitbread has a dividend yield of 2.16%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Whitbread stocks dividend with other Travel and Leisure companies or other of the highest UK dividend stocks list.

Whitbread Dividend Payout

About the ability of Whitbread to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.74 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.16%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Whitbread payout on ernings is currently 50.68%, 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 Whitbread 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 Whitbread is GBP 3.95 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.74, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Whitbread, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Travel and Leisure sector companies.

Whitbread Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Whitbread'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	2.16%	0.74	50.68%	202
2022	2.30%	0.59	190.32%	202
2021	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	202
2020	2.14%	0.66	55.93%	202
2019	2.06%	1.00	33.44%	134
2018	2.24%	1.03	40.87%	184
2017	2.43%	0.97	40.42%	183
2016	2.65%	0.92	40.17%	183
2015	1.88%	0.86	40.95%	183

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Whitbread dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Travel and Leisure stocks.

Whitbread Stock performance

Finally, last moth Whitbread 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 37.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Travel and Leisure firms.