Air Liquide Dividend yield

Air Liquide is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Air Liquide is a company from France, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Air Liquide stock dividend

Air Liquide paid a total dividend of 1,540 million EUR last year, for a market value of 87,101 millions (Market Cap 85,648 millions). Air Liquide dividend per share is 2.95 EUR, and his stock market price 166.86 EUR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Air Liquide has a dividend yield of 1.77%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from France. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Air Liquide stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the high France dividend stocks list.

Air Liquide Dividend Payout

About the ability of Air Liquide to maintain his current dividend of EUR 2.95 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.77%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Air Liquide payout on ernings is currently 51.94%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Air Liquide 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 Air Liquide is EUR 10.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of EUR 2.95, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Air Liquide, compared againt world market average, France companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Air Liquide Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	EUR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.77%	2.95	51.94%	522
2022	1.99%	2.63	49.91%	520
2021	1.79%	2.74	49.64%	472
2020	2.01%	2.70	52.94%	472
2019	1.91%	2.41	49.69%	471
2018	2.44%	2.65	47.66%	427
2017	2.25%	2.36	50.54%	427
2016	2.41%	2.32	48.03%	385
2015	2.21%	2.55	49.71%	342

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Air Liquide dividend stock, and compare it with the average of France stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Air Liquide Stock performance

Finally, last moth Air Liquide showed a return of 2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 33.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for France and Chemicals firms.