Zurich Insurance Gro Dividend yield

Zurich Insurance Gro is part of Nonlife Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Zurich Insurance Gro is a company from Switzerland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Zurich Insurance Gro stock dividend

Zurich Insurance Gro paid a total dividend of 3,551 million CHF last year, for a market value of 61,420 millions (Market Cap 61,535 millions). Zurich Insurance Gro dividend per share is 23.99 CHF, and his stock market price 415.00 CHF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Zurich Insurance Gro has a dividend yield of 5.78%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Switzerland. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Zurich Insurance Gro stocks dividend with other Nonlife Insurance companies or other of the highest Switzerland dividend stocks list.

Zurich Insurance Gro Dividend Payout

About the ability of Zurich Insurance Gro to maintain his current dividend of CHF 23.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.78%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Zurich Insurance Gro payout on ernings is currently 73.41%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Zurich Insurance Gro 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 Zurich Insurance Gro is CHF -46.63 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of CHF 23.99, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Zurich Insurance Gro, compared againt world market average, Switzerland companies, Financials industry and Nonlife Insurance sector companies.

Zurich Insurance Gro Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CHF	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.78%	23.99	73.41%	148
2022	4.97%	21.98	62.62%	148
2021	5.00%	20.02	74.01%	149
2020	5.35%	19.98	63.13%	149
2019	4.78%	18.98	64.54%	146
2018	6.14%	18.00	77.39%	150
2017	5.73%	17.00	68.22%	150
2016	6.38%	17.00	92.49%	149
2015	6.28%	17.01	58.39%	149

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Zurich Insurance Gro dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Switzerland stocks and that of the Nonlife Insurance stocks.

Zurich Insurance Gro Stock performance

Finally, last moth Zurich Insurance Gro showed a return of -1.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Switzerland and Nonlife Insurance firms.