Bezeq Dividend yield

Bezeq is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Bezeq is a company from Israel, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Bezeq stock dividend

Bezeq paid a total dividend of 553 million ILS last year, for a market value of 14,250 millions (Market Cap 1,049,059 millions). Bezeq dividend per share is 0.20 ILS, and his stock market price 5.15 ILS.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Bezeq has a dividend yield of 3.79%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Israel. However, it is lower than the average of Telecommunications industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Bezeq stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Israel dividend stocks list.

Bezeq Dividend Payout

About the ability of Bezeq to maintain his current dividend of ILS 0.20 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Bezeq payout on ernings is currently 47.62%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that Bezeq 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 Bezeq is ILS 1.17 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of ILS 0.20, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Bezeq, compared againt world market average, Israel companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

Bezeq Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	ILS	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.79%	0.20	47.62%	2,767
2022	3.18%	0.19	38.78%	2,766
2021	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	2,766
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	2,766
2019	8.94%	0.25	-104.17%	2,766
2018	6.80%	0.25	41.67%	2,766
2017	8.84%	0.46	74.19%	2,766
2016	7.36%	0.52	65.82%	2,748
2015	7.75%	0.65	74.71%	2,748

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Bezeq dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Israel stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

Bezeq Stock performance

Finally, last moth Bezeq showed a return of 5.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Israel and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.