Astro Malaysia Holdi Dividend yield

Astro Malaysia Holdi is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Astro Malaysia Holdi is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Astro Malaysia Holdi stock dividend

Astro Malaysia Holdi paid a total dividend of 104 million MYR last year, for a market value of 2,660 millions (Market Cap 786 millions). Astro Malaysia Holdi dividend per share is 0.02 MYR, and his stock market price 0.51 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Astro Malaysia Holdi has a dividend yield of 3.92%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 Astro Malaysia Holdi stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the high Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Astro Malaysia Holdi Dividend Payout

About the ability of Astro Malaysia Holdi to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.02 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.92%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Astro Malaysia Holdi payout on ernings is currently 14.29%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Astro Malaysia Holdican 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 Astro Malaysia Holdi is MYR 0.22 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.02, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Astro Malaysia Holdi, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

Astro Malaysia Holdi Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.92%	0.02	14.29%	5,215
2022	8.08%	0.05	29.41%	5,215
2021	8.95%	0.09	47.37%	5,215
2020	6.08%	0.06	26.09%	5,215
2019	5.91%	0.08	42.11%	5,214
2018	8.46%	0.11	44.00%	5,214
2017	4.72%	0.13	59.09%	5,210
2016	4.79%	0.13	61.90%	5,197
2015	3.42%	0.10	52.63%	5,197

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Astro Malaysia Holdi dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Media stocks.

Astro Malaysia Holdi Stock performance

Finally, last moth Astro Malaysia Holdi showed a return of -4.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -38.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Media firms.