Centrais Eletricas B Dividend yield

Centrais Eletricas B is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Centrais Eletricas B is a company from Brazil, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Centrais Eletricas B stock dividend

Centrais Eletricas B paid a total dividend of 420 million BRL last year, for a market value of 10,847 millions (Market Cap 10,730 millions). Centrais Eletricas B dividend per share is 1.50 BRL, and his stock market price 38.74 BRL.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Centrais Eletricas B has a dividend yield of 3.86%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Brazil. However, it is lower than the average of Utilities 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 Centrais Eletricas B stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the best Brazil dividend stocks list.

Centrais Eletricas B Dividend Payout

About the ability of Centrais Eletricas B to maintain his current dividend of BRL 1.50 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.86%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Centrais Eletricas B payout on ernings is currently 73.17%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Centrais Eletricas B 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 Centrais Eletricas B is BRL 4.04 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of BRL 1.50, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Centrais Eletricas B, compared againt world market average, Brazil companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Centrais Eletricas B Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	BRL	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.86%	1.50	73.17%	280
2022	3.46%	1.50	57.92%	280
2021	13.23%	4.37	107.11%	280
2020	4.73%	1.75	23.18%	280
2019	3.63%	1.39	13.82%	265
2018	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	265
2017	7.20%	1.63	58.84%	265
2016	0.36%	0.10	-0.95%	265
2015	0.98%	0.10	-5.10%	265

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Centrais Eletricas B dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Brazil stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Centrais Eletricas B Stock performance

Finally, last moth Centrais Eletricas B showed a return of -11.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -19.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Brazil and Electricity firms.