Bk of Communications Dividend yield

Bk of Communications is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Bk of Communications is a company from China, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Bk of Communications stock dividend

Bk of Communications paid a total dividend of 14,355 million HKD last year, for a market value of 157,204 millions (Market Cap 32,670 millions). Bk of Communications dividend per share is 0.41 HKD, and his stock market price 4.49 HKD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Bk of Communications has a dividend yield of 9.08%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from China. 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 Bk of Communications stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest China dividend stocks list.

Bk of Communications Dividend Payout

About the ability of Bk of Communications to maintain his current dividend of HKD 0.41 per share, an amount that accounts for 9.08%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Bk of Communications payout on ernings is currently 32.80%, 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 Bk of Communicationscan 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 Bk of Communications is HKD 0.22 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of HKD 0.41, 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 Bk of Communications, compared againt world market average, China companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Bk of Communications Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Bk of Communications'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	9.08%	0.41	32.80%	35,012
2022	8.88%	0.40	32.00%	35,012
2021	8.08%	0.38	31.40%	35,012
2020	8.41%	0.34	28.10%	35,012
2019	6.06%	0.34	31.78%	35,012
2018	5.62%	0.34	32.69%	35,012
2017	5.37%	0.31	28.97%	35,012
2016	5.10%	0.30	29.70%	35,012
2015	6.06%	0.33	30.56%	35,012

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Bk of Communications dividend stock, and compare it with the average of China stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Bk of Communications Stock performance

Finally, last moth Bk of Communications showed a return of -4.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for China and Banks firms.