03-31-2021
| GBP/share | |
| Price | 4.08 |
| Dividend | 0.13 |
| Earnings | 0.76 |
| Cash-flow | 0.22 |
| Book value | 5.10 |
| Equity | 4.66 |
Aviva is part of Life Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Aviva is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.
Aviva paid a total dividend of 511 million GBP last year, for a market value of 16,026 millions (Market Cap 15,975 millions). Dividend per share of Aviva is 0.13 GBP, and his stock market price 4.08 GBP.
According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Aviva has a dividend yield of 3.18%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Financials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.
In addition, you should compare Aviva dividend yield with other Life Insurance companies or firms from UK.
Aviva Dividend Payout
About the ability of Aviva to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.13 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.18%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Aviva payout on ernings is currently 17.11%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 38.17% and 41.32% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Avivacan 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 Aviva is GBP 0.22 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.13, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Aviva, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.
Aviva Dividend History
| Year | Yield | GBP | Paypout | Shares* |
| Present | 3.18% | 0.13 | 17.11% | 3,928 |
| 2020 | 4.00% | 0.13 | 18.84% | 3,928 |
| 2019 | 7.22% | 0.30 | 68.18% | 3,916 |
| 2018 | 7.52% | 0.28 | 70.00% | 3,930 |
| 2017 | 4.79% | 0.24 | 126.32% | 4,011 |
| 2016 | 4.80% | 0.21 | 70.00% | 4,046 |
| 2015 | 5.34% | 0.27 | 69.23% | 4,046 |
*In millions
Aviva Stock performance
Finally, last moth Aviva showed a return of 12.80% compared to a worldwide 4.24% average, and a 4.05% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 52.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 53.49%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Life Insurance firms.
