AmerisourceBergen Dividend yield

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

AmerisourceBergen stock dividend

AmerisourceBergen paid a total dividend of 392 million USD last year, for a market value of 35,548 millions (Market Cap 28,393 millions). AmerisourceBergen dividend per share is 1.94 USD, and his stock market price 175.98 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AmerisourceBergen has a dividend yield of 1.10%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare AmerisourceBergen stocks dividend with other Food and Drug Retailers companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

AmerisourceBergen Dividend Payout

About the ability of AmerisourceBergen to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.94 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.10%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AmerisourceBergen payout on ernings is currently 19.40%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that AmerisourceBergencan maintain his current dividend.

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 AmerisourceBergen is USD 13.33 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.94, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AmerisourceBergen, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Food and Drug Retailers sector companies.

AmerisourceBergen Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of AmerisourceBergen'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	1.10%	1.94	19.40%	202
2022	1.17%	1.94	19.68%	204
2021	1.38%	1.83	22.02%	208
2020	1.80%	1.76	-10.80%	203
2019	1.88%	1.60	34.04%	210
2018	2.15%	1.60	26.89%	216
2017	1.66%	1.52	62.04%	218
2016	1.87%	1.46	19.84%	216
2015	1.38%	1.36	0.00%	216

*In millions

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

AmerisourceBergen Stock performance

Finally, last moth AmerisourceBergen showed a return of -5.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 20.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Food and Drug Retailers firms.