AstraZeneca Dividend yield

AstraZeneca is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. AstraZeneca is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

AstraZeneca stock dividend

AstraZeneca paid a total dividend of 3,643 million GBP last year, for a market value of 165,261 millions (Market Cap 157,453 millions). AstraZeneca dividend per share is 2.35 GBP, and his stock market price 106.62 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AstraZeneca has a dividend yield of 2.20%, 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 AstraZeneca stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

AstraZeneca Dividend Payout

About the ability of AstraZeneca to maintain his current dividend of GBP 2.35 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.20%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AstraZeneca payout on ernings is currently 60.41%, 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 AstraZeneca 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 AstraZeneca is GBP 5.18 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 2.35, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AstraZeneca, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

AstraZeneca Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.20%	2.35	60.41%	1,550
2022	1.98%	2.22	145.10%	1,550
2021	2.33%	2.02	77.99%	1,548
2020	2.95%	2.16	111.34%	1,312
2019	2.87%	2.18	87.90%	1,312
2018	3.44%	2.02	68.47%	1,267
2017	4.28%	2.19	71.80%	1,266
2016	4.82%	2.00	80.00%	1,262
2015	4.05%	1.82	104.60%	1,262

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of AstraZeneca dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

AstraZeneca Stock performance

Finally, last moth AstraZeneca showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.