APA Group Dividend yield




   AUD/share 
 Price  8.99
 Dividend  0.55
 Earnings  0.36
 Cash-flow  0.96
 Book value  1.52
 Equity  1.78

APA Group is part of Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. APA Group is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

APA Group stock dividend

APA Group paid a total dividend of 692 million AUD last year, for a market value of 11,318 millions (Market Cap 11,321 millions). APA Group dividend per share is 0.55 AUD, and his stock market price 8.99 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, APA Group has a dividend yield of 6.12%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Oil and Gas 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 APA Group stocks dividend with other Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of APA Group

APA Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of APA Group to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.55 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.12%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). APA Group payout on ernings is currently 152.78%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures show that APA Group 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 APA Group is AUD 0.96 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.55, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of APA Group, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. sector companies.

APA Group payout

APA Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of APA Group'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* 
Present6.12%0.55152.78%1,259
20225.02%0.54138.46%1,180
20215.17%0.52305.88%1,180
20205.28%0.51121.43%1,180
20194.37%0.49122.50%1,180
20185.35%0.45118.42%1,180
20175.28%0.44115.79%1,114
20165.21%0.42127.27%1,114
20154.27%0.3871.70%1,114

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of APA Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. stocks.

APA Group stock dividend history

APA Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth APA Group showed a return of -10.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -18.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. firms.

APA Group stock and market return