Guess how much AGL has paid in dividends over the past 5 years?

What an impressive year it has been for the AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) share price.

Since the beginning of 2022, the energy company’s shares have roared to life before settling around the mid-$8 mark.

Over the past eight months, the AGL share price is up almost 40%, outstripping the S&P/ASX 200 Energy (ASX: XEJ) sector.

For context, the benchmark index comprising 11 of the top 200 companies has risen 27% in 2022.

Even with the robust gains recently, let’s take a look at how much AGL has paid in dividends since 2017.

What is AGL’s dividend history?

Below, we take a look at the past five years’ worth of dividends that AGL has distributed to shareholders.

• September 2017 – 50 cents (final)

• March 2018 – 54 cents (interim)

• September 2018 – 63 cents (final)

• March 2019 – 55 cents (interim)

• September 2019 – 64 cents (final)

• March 2020 – 47 cents (interim)

• September 2020 – 51 cents (final)

• March 2021 – 41 cents (interim)

• September 2021 – 34 cents (final)

• March 2022 – 16 cents (interim).

Calculating the above AGL dividends since September 2017 gives us a total figure of $4.75 for every share owned.

Although the dividends represent more than 55% of the current share price, AGL shares were trading at around $24 five years ago. This is why the dividends are much higher towards the start of the period.

It is worth pointing out that AGL dividends were originally 80% franked but since 2021, they’ve been unfranked.

AGL share price snapshot

Despite tumbling over the long term, the AGL share price has gained around 13% in the past 12 months.

The company’s shares hit an all-time low of $5.10 on 16 November before bargain hunters swooped in. It’s up 68% since that time.

AGL is one of Australia’s oldest energy providers and is valued at $5.7 billion.

The company currently offers a healthy dividend yield of 5.83%.

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