British Amer Tob Mal Dividend yield

British Amer Tob Mal is part of Tobacco business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. British Amer Tob Mal is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

British Amer Tob Mal stock dividend

British Amer Tob Mal paid a total dividend of 215 million MYR last year, for a market value of 2,854 millions (Market Cap 1,404 millions). British Amer Tob Mal dividend per share is 0.75 MYR, and his stock market price 9.98 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, British Amer Tob Mal has a dividend yield of 7.52%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 British Amer Tob Mal stocks dividend with other Tobacco companies or other of the highest Malaysia dividend stocks list.

British Amer Tob Mal Dividend Payout

About the ability of British Amer Tob Mal to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.75 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.52%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). British Amer Tob Mal payout on ernings is currently 81.52%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that British Amer Tob Mal 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 British Amer Tob Mal is MYR 1.23 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.75, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of British Amer Tob Mal, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Consumer Goods industry and Tobacco sector companies.

British Amer Tob Mal Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	7.52%	0.75	81.52%	286
2022	8.38%	0.94	94.00%	286
2021	7.01%	0.98	115.29%	286
2020	6.32%	0.89	73.55%	286
2019	8.75%	1.32	80.49%	286
2018	4.19%	1.51	87.28%	286
2017	5.07%	2.03	80.24%	286
2016	5.27%	2.33	73.27%	286
2015	5.39%	3.12	98.73%	286

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of British Amer Tob Mal dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Tobacco stocks.

British Amer Tob Mal Stock performance

Finally, last moth British Amer Tob Mal showed a return of -1.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -3.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Tobacco firms.