Nielsen Holdings Dividend yield

Nielsen Holdings is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Nielsen Holdings is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Nielsen Holdings paid a total dividend of 86 million USD last year, for a market value of 9,779 millions (Market Cap 9,713 millions). Dividend per share of Nielsen Holdings is 0.24 USD, and his stock market price 27.24 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Nielsen Holdings has a dividend yield of 0.88%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Services industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Nielsen Holdings dividend yield with other Media companies or firms from USA.

Nielsen Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Nielsen Holdings to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.24 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.88%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Nielsen Holdings payout on ernings is currently 9.68%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 38.25% and 25.53% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Nielsen Holdingscan 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 Nielsen Holdings is USD 1.85 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.24, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Nielsen Holdings, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

Nielsen Holdings Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.88%	0.24	9.68%	359
2021	1.17%	0.24	12.50%	359
2020	1.15%	0.24	52.17%	357
2019	1.18%	0.24	-18.90%	356
2018	6.00%	1.40	50.36%	356
2017	3.74%	1.36	52.31%	357
2016	2.88%	1.24	45.09%	357
2015	2.40%	1.12	52.83%	371

*In millions

Nielsen Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Nielsen Holdings showed a return of 56.40% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 0.56% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Media firms.