Accenture Cl A Dividend yield

Accenture Cl A is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Accenture Cl A is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Accenture Cl A stock dividend

Accenture Cl A paid a total dividend of 2,825 million USD last year, for a market value of 204,623 millions (Market Cap 204,321 millions). Accenture Cl A dividend per share is 4.47 USD, and his stock market price 323.77 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Accenture Cl A has a dividend yield of 1.38%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Accenture Cl A stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Accenture Cl A Dividend Payout

About the ability of Accenture Cl A to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.47 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.38%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Accenture Cl A payout on ernings is currently 39.91%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Accenture Cl A 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 Accenture Cl A is USD 14.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.47, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Accenture Cl A, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Accenture Cl A Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.38%	4.47	39.91%	632
2022	1.68%	4.48	40.14%	633
2021	0.94%	3.90	41.23%	636
2020	1.35%	3.53	43.53%	637
2019	1.52%	3.20	42.55%	638
2018	2.07%	2.92	43.26%	643
2017	1.74%	2.66	45.70%	620
2016	2.03%	2.42	40.33%	628
2015	2.05%	2.20	48.78%	628

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Accenture Cl A dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

Accenture Cl A Stock performance

Finally, last moth Accenture Cl A showed a return of 2.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 12.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Support Services firms.