CSR Dividend yield

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

CSR stock dividend

CSR paid a total dividend of 176 million AUD last year, for a market value of 2,814 millions (Market Cap 2,815 millions). CSR dividend per share is 0.37 AUD, and his stock market price 5.90 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CSR has a dividend yield of 6.19%, 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 CSR stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the best Australia dividend stocks list.

CSR Dividend Payout

About the ability of CSR to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.37 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.19%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CSR payout on ernings is currently 80.43%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that CSR 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 CSR is AUD 0.22 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.37, 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 CSR, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

CSR Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of CSR'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*
Present	6.19%	0.37	80.43%	477
2022	7.32%	0.34	59.65%	480
2021	4.76%	0.28	90.32%	485
2020	3.54%	0.19	70.37%	485
2019	5.05%	0.23	143.75%	492
2018	9.43%	0.26	66.67%	504
2017	5.57%	0.27	72.97%	505
2016	6.14%	0.25	86.21%	505
2015	7.54%	0.23	88.46%	505

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of CSR dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

CSR Stock performance

Finally, last moth CSR showed a return of 3.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 30.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Construction and Materials firms.