Woolworths Holdings Dividend yield

Woolworths Holdings is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Woolworths Holdings is a company from South Africa, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Woolworths Holdings stock dividend

Woolworths Holdings paid a total dividend of 3,092 million ZAR last year, for a market value of 74,477 millions (Market Cap 67,813 millions). Woolworths Holdings dividend per share is 3.08 ZAR, and his stock market price 74.18 ZAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Woolworths Holdings has a dividend yield of 4.15%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from South Africa. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 Woolworths Holdings stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the highest South Africa dividend stocks list.

Woolworths Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Woolworths Holdings to maintain his current dividend of ZAR 3.08 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.15%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Woolworths Holdings payout on ernings is currently 76.05%, 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 Woolworths Holdings 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 Woolworths Holdings is ZAR 8.06 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of ZAR 3.08, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Woolworths Holdings Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	ZAR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.15%	3.08	76.05%	1,004
2022	3.45%	2.29	57.54%	1,025
2021	1.27%	0.66	15.14%	1,050
2020	4.74%	1.87	203.26%	1,049
2019	3.92%	1.91	-289.39%	1,049
2018	4.34%	2.39	-77.60%	1,048
2017	4.79%	3.13	57.01%	1,048
2016	4.82%	3.13	69.87%	1,041
2015	2.42%	2.47	77.92%	1,041

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Woolworths Holdings dividend stock, and compare it with the average of South Africa stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Woolworths Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Woolworths Holdings showed a return of -7.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 32.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for South Africa and General Retailers firms.