Cons Edison Holding Dividend yield

Cons Edison Holding is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Cons Edison Holding is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Cons Edison Holding paid a total dividend of 1,060 million USD last year, for a market value of 25,582 millions (Market Cap 25,585 millions). Dividend per share of Cons Edison Holding is 3.10 USD, and his stock market price 74.80 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Cons Edison Holding has a dividend yield of 4.14%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Cons Edison Holding dividend yield with other Electricity companies or firms from USA.

Cons Edison Holding Dividend Payout

About the ability of Cons Edison Holding to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.14%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Cons Edison Holding payout on ernings is currently 96.27%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 38.16% and 58.26% respectively. Both figures show that Cons Edison Holding 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 Cons Edison Holding is USD 6.45 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Cons Edison Holding, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Cons Edison Holding Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.14%	3.10	96.27%	342
2020	4.23%	3.06	76.12%	334
2019	3.27%	2.96	69.00%	332
2018	3.74%	2.86	13.09%	311
2017	3.25%	2.76	68.83%	310
2016	3.84%	2.68	68.02%	303
2015	4.18%	2.60	68.97%	291

*In millions

Cons Edison Holding Stock performance

Finally, last moth Cons Edison Holding showed a return of 13.90% compared to a worldwide 4.25% average, and a 7.19% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 53.42%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.