Arabian Centres Dividend yield




   SAR/share 
 Price  22.40
 Dividend  1.62
 Earnings  2.29
 Cash-flow  1.84
 Book value  28.00
 Equity  21.01

Arabian Centres is part of Real Estate Investment and Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Arabian Centres is a company from Saudi Arabia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Arabian Centres stock dividend

Arabian Centres paid a total dividend of 770 million SAR last year, for a market value of 10,640 millions (Market Cap 3,601 millions). Arabian Centres dividend per share is 1.62 SAR, and his stock market price 22.40 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Arabian Centres has a dividend yield of 7.23%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Arabian Centres stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment and Services companies or other of the high Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Arabian Centres

Arabian Centres Dividend Payout

About the ability of Arabian Centres to maintain his current dividend of SAR 1.62 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.23%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Arabian Centres payout on ernings is currently 70.74%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Arabian Centres 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 Arabian Centres is SAR 1.84 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 1.62, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Arabian Centres, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment and Services sector companies.

Arabian Centres payout

Arabian Centres Dividend History

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

Year Yield  SAR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present7.23%1.6270.74%475
20227.85%1.50163.04%475
20215.54%1.25121.36%475
20205.59%1.40105.26%475
20193.09%0.9053.89%475

*In millions

Arabian Centres Stock performance

Finally, last moth Arabian Centres showed a return of -2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 17.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Real Estate Investment and Services firms.

Arabian Centres stock and market return