ConocoPhillips Dividend yield

ConocoPhillips is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. ConocoPhillips is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

ConocoPhillips paid a total dividend of 2,339 million USD last year, for a market value of 72,039 millions (Market Cap 71,830 millions). Dividend per share of ConocoPhillips is 1.72 USD, and his stock market price 52.97 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, ConocoPhillips has a dividend yield of 3.25%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. However, it is lower than the average of Oil and Gas industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare ConocoPhillips dividend yield with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or firms from USA.

ConocoPhillips Dividend Payout

About the ability of ConocoPhillips to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.72 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.25%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). ConocoPhillips payout on ernings is currently -86.87%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 38.16% and 19.73% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that ConocoPhillipscan 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 ConocoPhillips is USD 3.53 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.72, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of ConocoPhillips, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

ConocoPhillips Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.25%	1.72	-86.87%	1,360
2020	4.30%	1.72	25.79%	1,072
2019	2.58%	1.68	29.47%	1,097
2018	1.96%	1.22	-82.43%	1,151
2017	1.93%	1.06	-35.10%	1,196
2016	2.06%	1.00	-27.86%	1,228
2015	5.48%	2.96	53.14%	1,228

*In millions

ConocoPhillips Stock performance

Finally, last moth ConocoPhillips showed a return of 1.80% compared to a worldwide 4.25% average, and a 2.02% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 72.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 53.42%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil and Gas Producers firms.