Franco-Nevada Dividend yield




   CAD/share 
 Price  194.66
 Dividend  1.85
 Earnings  4.77
 Cash-flow  6.81
 Book value  45.27
 Equity  42.59

Franco-Nevada is part of Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Franco-Nevada is a company from Canada, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Franco-Nevada stock dividend

Franco-Nevada paid a total dividend of 353 million CAD last year, for a market value of 37,180 millions (Market Cap 37,037 millions). Franco-Nevada dividend per share is 1.85 CAD, and his stock market price 194.66 CAD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Franco-Nevada has a dividend yield of 0.95%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Canada. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Franco-Nevada stocks dividend with other Mining companies or other of the best Canada dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Franco-Nevada

Franco-Nevada Dividend Payout

About the ability of Franco-Nevada to maintain his current dividend of CAD 1.85 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.95%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Franco-Nevada payout on ernings is currently 38.78%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Franco-Nevada is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 Franco-Nevada is CAD 6.81 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CAD 1.85, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Franco-Nevada, compared againt world market average, Canada companies, Basic Materials industry and Mining sector companies.

Franco-Nevada payout

Franco-Nevada Dividend History

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

Year Yield  CAD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present0.95%1.8538.78%191
20220.94%1.7335.97%191
20210.87%1.5266.38%191
20200.83%1.3255.00%190
20190.97%1.300.00%189
20181.37%1.3196.32%186
20171.15%1.160.00%186
20161.52%1.190.00%177
20151.74%1.12147.37%156

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Franco-Nevada dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Canada stocks and that of the Mining stocks.

Franco-Nevada stock dividend history

Franco-Nevada Stock performance

Finally, last moth Franco-Nevada showed a return of 1.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 23.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Canada and Mining firms.

Franco-Nevada stock and market return