Anthem Dividend yield

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

Anthem stock dividend

Anthem paid a total dividend of 1,403 million USD last year, for a market value of 104,756 millions (Market Cap 104,649 millions). Anthem dividend per share is 5.92 USD, and his stock market price 442.01 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Anthem has a dividend yield of 1.34%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Anthem stocks dividend with other Health Care Equip. and Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Anthem Dividend Payout

About the ability of Anthem to maintain his current dividend of USD 5.92 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.34%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Anthem payout on ernings is currently 20.63%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Anthemcan 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 Anthem is USD 35.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 5.92, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Anthem Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Anthem'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	1.34%	5.92	20.63%	237
2022	1.00%	5.13	18.90%	241
2021	0.98%	4.54	22.53%	245
2020	1.18%	3.79	18.29%	249
2019	1.06%	3.20	19.91%	254
2018	1.14%	2.99	26.74%	260
2017	1.24%	2.79	21.83%	257
2016	1.82%	2.59	20.35%	263
2015	1.92%	2.50	19.94%	263

*In millions

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

Anthem Stock performance

Finally, last moth Anthem showed a return of -6.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Health Care Equip. and Services firms.