Aurizon Holdings Dividend yield

Aurizon Holdings is part of Industrial Transportation business, which is part of Industrials industry. Aurizon Holdings is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Aurizon Holdings stock dividend

Aurizon Holdings paid a total dividend of 276 million AUD last year, for a market value of 6,720 millions (Market Cap 6,442 millions). Aurizon Holdings dividend per share is 0.15 AUD, and his stock market price 3.65 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Aurizon Holdings has a dividend yield of 4.11%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Aurizon Holdings stocks dividend with other Industrial Transportation companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Aurizon Holdings Dividend Payout

About the ability of Aurizon Holdings to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.15 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.11%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Aurizon Holdings payout on ernings is currently 88.24%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Aurizon Holdings 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 Aurizon Holdings is AUD 0.43 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.15, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Aurizon Holdings, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Industrials industry and Industrial Transportation sector companies.

Aurizon Holdings Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.11%	0.15	88.24%	1,841
2022	5.74%	0.21	72.41%	1,841
2021	8.25%	0.29	69.05%	1,841
2020	7.03%	0.27	79.41%	1,888
2019	4.55%	0.24	92.31%	1,963
2018	6.33%	0.27	108.00%	1,990
2017	4.54%	0.23	-287.50%	2,014
2016	4.94%	0.25	0.00%	2,052
2015	4.31%	0.24	82.76%	2,137

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Aurizon Holdings dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Industrial Transportation stocks.

Aurizon Holdings Stock performance

Finally, last moth Aurizon Holdings showed a return of -4.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Industrial Transportation firms.