Ambev SA Dividend yield

Ambev SA is part of Beverages business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Ambev SA is a company from Brazil, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ambev SA stock dividend

Ambev SA paid a total dividend of 11,962 million BRL last year, for a market value of 217,828 millions (Market Cap 60,329 millions). Ambev SA dividend per share is 0.76 BRL, and his stock market price 13.84 BRL.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ambev SA has a dividend yield of 5.51%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Brazil. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Ambev SA stocks dividend with other Beverages companies or other of the high Brazil dividend stocks list.

Ambev SA Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ambev SA to maintain his current dividend of BRL 0.76 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.51%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ambev SA payout on ernings is currently 80.00%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Ambev SA 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 Ambev SA is BRL 1.31 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of BRL 0.76, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ambev SA, compared againt world market average, Brazil companies, Consumer Goods industry and Beverages sector companies.

Ambev SA Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	BRL	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.51%	0.76	80.00%	15,739
2022	5.25%	0.76	91.57%	15,739
2021	4.41%	0.68	89.47%	15,737
2020	5.78%	0.90	115.38%	15,732
2019	2.63%	0.49	68.06%	15,727
2018	3.58%	0.55	112.24%	15,717
2017	2.54%	0.54	65.85%	15,703
2016	3.32%	0.57	70.37%	15,601
2015	4.22%	0.79	100.00%	15,601

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ambev SA dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Brazil stocks and that of the Beverages stocks.

Ambev SA Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ambev SA showed a return of -6.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -9.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Brazil and Beverages firms.