Banco Santander - Ch Dividend yield

Banco Santander - Ch is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Banco Santander - Ch is a company from Chile, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Banco Santander - Ch stock dividend

Banco Santander - Ch paid a total dividend of 484,306 million CLP last year, for a market value of 7,688,597 millions (Market Cap 2,523,608 millions). Banco Santander - Ch dividend per share is 2.57 CLP, and his stock market price 40.80 CLP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Banco Santander - Ch has a dividend yield of 6.31%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Chile. 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 Banco Santander - Ch stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Chile dividend stocks list.

Banco Santander - Ch Dividend Payout

About the ability of Banco Santander - Ch to maintain his current dividend of CLP 2.57 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.31%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Banco Santander - Ch payout on ernings is currently 56.73%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Banco Santander - Ch 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 Banco Santander - Ch is CLP 17.74 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CLP 2.57, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Banco Santander - Ch, compared againt world market average, Chile companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Banco Santander - Ch Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CLP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	6.31%	2.57	56.73%	188,446
2022	7.27%	2.47	57.44%	188,446
2021	4.81%	1.65	57.29%	188,000
2020	5.15%	1.76	57.33%	188,446
2019	4.38%	1.88	57.67%	188,446
2018	4.35%	2.25	72.35%	188,446
2017	3.64%	1.75	66.79%	188,446
2016	4.89%	1.78	72.06%	188,446
2015	5.53%	1.75	57.95%	188,446

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Banco Santander - Ch dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Chile stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Banco Santander - Ch Stock performance

Finally, last moth Banco Santander - Ch showed a return of -8.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 13.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Chile and Banks firms.