Anglogold Ashanti Dividend yield

Anglogold Ashanti is part of Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Anglogold Ashanti is a company from South Africa, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Anglogold Ashanti stock dividend

Anglogold Ashanti paid a total dividend of 1,638 million ZAR last year, for a market value of 135,232 millions (Market Cap 135,299 millions). Anglogold Ashanti dividend per share is 3.91 ZAR, and his stock market price 322.75 ZAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Anglogold Ashanti has a dividend yield of 1.21%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from South Africa. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Anglogold Ashanti stocks dividend with other Mining companies or other of the high South Africa dividend stocks list.

Anglogold Ashanti Dividend Payout

About the ability of Anglogold Ashanti to maintain his current dividend of ZAR 3.91 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.21%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Anglogold Ashanti payout on ernings is currently 33.56%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Anglogold Ashantican 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 Anglogold Ashanti is ZAR 70.16 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of ZAR 3.91, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Anglogold Ashanti, compared againt world market average, South Africa companies, Basic Materials industry and Mining sector companies.

Anglogold Ashanti Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	ZAR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.21%	3.91	33.56%	419
2022	2.16%	7.11	31.96%	418
2021	2.41%	7.92	20.96%	417
2020	0.48%	1.64	0.00%	416
2019	0.30%	0.95	21.59%	414
2018	0.39%	0.71	-11.87%	411
2017	1.01%	1.30	44.07%	409
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	408
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	402

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Anglogold Ashanti dividend stock, and compare it with the average of South Africa stocks and that of the Mining stocks.

Anglogold Ashanti Stock performance

Finally, last moth Anglogold Ashanti showed a return of -18.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 40.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for South Africa and Mining firms.