Woolworths Dividend yield

Woolworths is part of Food and Drug Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Woolworths is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Woolworths stock dividend

Woolworths paid a total dividend of 1,268 million AUD last year, for a market value of 46,480 millions (Market Cap 46,451 millions). Woolworths dividend per share is 1.04 AUD, and his stock market price 38.13 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Woolworths has a dividend yield of 2.73%, 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 Woolworths stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the highest Australia dividend stocks list.

Woolworths Dividend Payout

About the ability of Woolworths to maintain his current dividend of AUD 1.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.73%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Woolworths payout on ernings is currently 60.12%, 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 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 is AUD 3.93 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 1.04, 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, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

Woolworths Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.73%	1.04	60.12%	1,219
2022	2.74%	0.92	13.43%	1,214
2021	2.84%	1.08	54.27%	1,210
2020	2.39%	0.94	80.34%	1,263
2019	2.82%	1.02	47.44%	1,259
2018	3.16%	0.93	69.92%	1,313
2017	3.08%	0.84	70.00%	1,294
2016	3.36%	0.77	-80.21%	1,267
2015	5.87%	1.39	80.81%	1,267

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Woolworths dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Food and Drug Retailers stocks.

Woolworths Stock performance

Finally, last moth Woolworths showed a return of -1.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 5.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Food and Drug Retailers firms.