Airtel Africa Dividend yield

Airtel Africa is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Airtel Africa is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Airtel Africa stock dividend

Airtel Africa paid a total dividend of 150 million GBP last year, for a market value of 4,284 millions (Market Cap 1,237 millions). Airtel Africa dividend per share is 0.04 GBP, and his stock market price 1.14 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Airtel Africa has a dividend yield of 3.93%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. However, it is lower than the average of Telecommunications industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Airtel Africa stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Airtel Africa Dividend Payout

About the ability of Airtel Africa to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.93%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Airtel Africa payout on ernings is currently 23.53%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Airtel Africacan 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 Airtel Africa is GBP 0.41 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.04, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Airtel Africa, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Airtel Africa Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.93%	0.04	23.53%	3,758
2022	3.90%	0.04	26.67%	3,758

*In millions

Airtel Africa Stock performance

Finally, last moth Airtel Africa showed a return of -2.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -13.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Mobile Telecommunications firms.