ALS Dividend yield

ALS is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. ALS is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

ALS stock dividend

ALS paid a total dividend of 194 million AUD last year, for a market value of 5,716 millions (Market Cap 5,687 millions). ALS dividend per share is 0.40 AUD, and his stock market price 11.81 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, ALS has a dividend yield of 3.36%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 ALS stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

ALS Dividend Payout

About the ability of ALS to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.40 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.36%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). ALS payout on ernings is currently 68.97%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that ALS 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 ALS is AUD 0.92 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.40, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of ALS, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

ALS Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.36%	0.40	68.97%	484
2022	3.05%	0.37	88.10%	484
2021	2.32%	0.30	78.95%	482
2020	1.52%	0.15	53.57%	482
2019	2.51%	0.23	71.88%	486
2018	2.95%	0.20	166.67%	490
2017	2.29%	0.16	94.12%	504
2016	1.97%	0.12	-27.27%	504
2015	5.35%	0.20	-51.28%	407

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of ALS dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Support Services stocks.

ALS Stock performance

Finally, last moth ALS showed a return of 0.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -0.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Support Services firms.