AU Optronics Dividend yield




   TWD/share 
 Price  17.80
 Dividend  0.80
 Earnings  -2.70
 Cash-flow  3.49
 Book value  25.43
 Equity  27.00

AU Optronics is part of Technology Hardware and Equip. business, which is part of Technology industry. AU Optronics is a company from Taiwan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

AU Optronics stock dividend

AU Optronics paid a total dividend of 6,159 million TWD last year, for a market value of 137,042 millions (Market Cap 125,249 millions). AU Optronics dividend per share is 0.80 TWD, and his stock market price 17.80 TWD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AU Optronics has a dividend yield of 4.49%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Taiwan. It is also bigger than average of Technology 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 AU Optronics stocks dividend with other Technology Hardware and Equip. companies or other of the high Taiwan dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of AU Optronics

AU Optronics Dividend Payout

About the ability of AU Optronics to maintain his current dividend of TWD 0.80 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.49%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AU Optronics payout on ernings is currently -29.63%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that AU Optronicscan 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 AU Optronics is TWD 3.49 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of TWD 0.80, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AU Optronics, compared againt world market average, Taiwan companies, Technology industry and Technology Hardware and Equip. sector companies.

AU Optronics payout

AU Optronics Dividend History

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

Year Yield  TWD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present4.49%0.80-29.63%7,699
20228.33%1.2515.84%7,699
20211.31%0.3078.95%9,624
20200.00%0.000.00%9,624
20194.98%0.5044.64%9,624
201812.20%1.5043.86%9,624
20174.52%0.5660.22%9,624
20163.06%0.3557.38%9,624
20155.72%0.5026.32%9,624

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of AU Optronics dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Taiwan stocks and that of the Technology Hardware and Equip. stocks.

AU Optronics stock dividend history

AU Optronics Stock performance

Finally, last moth AU Optronics showed a return of -14.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Taiwan and Technology Hardware and Equip. firms.

AU Optronics stock and market return