Bank of Queensland Dividend yield




   AUD/share 
 Price  5.76
 Dividend  0.44
 Earnings  0.77
 Cash-flow  -3.84
 Book value  9.60
 Equity  10.00

Bank of Queensland is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Bank of Queensland is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Bank of Queensland stock dividend

Bank of Queensland paid a total dividend of 287 million AUD last year, for a market value of 3,761 millions (Market Cap 3,758 millions). Bank of Queensland dividend per share is 0.44 AUD, and his stock market price 5.76 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Bank of Queensland has a dividend yield of 7.64%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. 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 Bank of Queensland stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Australia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Bank of Queensland

Bank of Queensland Dividend Payout

About the ability of Bank of Queensland to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.44 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.64%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Bank of Queensland payout on ernings is currently 57.14%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Bank of Queensland 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 Bank of Queensland is AUD -3.84 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.44, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Bank of Queensland, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Bank of Queensland payout

Bank of Queensland Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Bank of Queensland'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* 
Present7.64%0.4457.14%653
20226.67%0.4658.97%643
20214.82%0.3959.09%640
20205.56%0.4382.69%454
20198.97%0.6575.58%402
20187.84%0.7675.25%402
20175.97%0.7673.79%392
20166.76%0.7676.00%381
20155.42%0.7476.29%371

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Bank of Queensland dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Bank of Queensland stock dividend history

Bank of Queensland Stock performance

Finally, last moth Bank of Queensland showed a return of -4.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -18.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Banks firms.

Bank of Queensland stock and market return