Bank of East Asia Dividend yield

Bank of East Asia is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Bank of East Asia is a company from Hong-Kong, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Bank of East Asia stock dividend

Bank of East Asia paid a total dividend of 884 million HKD last year, for a market value of 29,951 millions (Market Cap 10,597 millions). Bank of East Asia dividend per share is 0.33 HKD, and his stock market price 11.18 HKD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Bank of East Asia has a dividend yield of 2.95%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Hong-Kong. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Bank of East Asia stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Hong-Kong dividend stocks list.

Bank of East Asia Dividend Payout

About the ability of Bank of East Asia to maintain his current dividend of HKD 0.33 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.95%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Bank of East Asia payout on ernings is currently 24.26%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Bank of East Asiacan 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 Bank of East Asia is HKD 9.32 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of HKD 0.33, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Bank of East Asia, compared againt world market average, Hong-Kong companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Bank of East Asia Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	HKD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.95%	0.33	24.26%	2,679
2022	5.39%	0.51	30.72%	2,689
2021	5.27%	0.59	60.82%	2,919
2020	3.08%	0.51	57.30%	2,915
2019	2.47%	0.43	21.50%	2,897
2018	4.46%	1.11	36.16%	2,846
2017	2.84%	0.96	81.36%	2,765
2016	2.43%	0.78	41.71%	2,683
2015	3.83%	1.06	43.62%	2,613

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Bank of East Asia dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Hong-Kong stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Bank of East Asia Stock performance

Finally, last moth Bank of East Asia showed a return of -6.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 19.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Hong-Kong and Banks firms.