Boral Dividend yield

Boral is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Boral is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Boral paid a total dividend of 282 million AUD last year, for a market value of 4,916 millions (Market Cap 4,892 millions). Dividend per share of Boral is 0.23 AUD, and his stock market price 4.01 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Boral has a dividend yield of 5.74%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Boral dividend yield with other Construction and Materials companies or firms from Australia.

Boral Dividend Payout

About the ability of Boral to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.23 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.74%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Boral payout on ernings is currently -26.44%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 37.66% and 31.38% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Boralcan 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 Boral is AUD 0.51 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.23, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Boral, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Boral Stock performance

Finally, last moth Boral showed a return of 11.70% compared to a worldwide 4.36% average, and a 5.80% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 2.14%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Construction and Materials firms.