Ansell Dividend yield

Ansell is part of Health Care Equip. and Services business, which is part of Health Care industry. Ansell is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ansell stock dividend

Ansell paid a total dividend of 90 million AUD last year, for a market value of 2,993 millions (Market Cap 2,996 millions). Ansell dividend per share is 0.71 AUD, and his stock market price 23.57 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ansell has a dividend yield of 3.01%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Health Care 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 Ansell stocks dividend with other Health Care Equip. and Services companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Ansell Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ansell to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.71 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.01%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ansell payout on ernings is currently 39.44%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Ansell 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 Ansell is AUD 1.90 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.71, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ansell, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Health Care industry and Health Care Equip. and Services sector companies.

Ansell Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ansell'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	3.01%	0.71	39.44%	127
2022	2.90%	0.82	45.81%	128
2021	3.35%	1.06	40.00%	129
2020	1.86%	0.65	33.85%	129
2019	1.99%	0.58	45.67%	131
2018	2.93%	0.65	52.42%	134
2017	2.32%	0.56	38.10%	143
2016	2.61%	0.59	37.58%	148
2015	2.72%	0.59	38.31%	153

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ansell dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Health Care Equip. and Services stocks.

Ansell Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ansell showed a return of -2.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -11.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Health Care Equip. and Services firms.