Colbun Dividend yield

Colbun is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Colbun is a company from Chile, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Colbun stock dividend

Colbun paid a total dividend of 191,142 million CLP last year, for a market value of 2,345,615 millions (Market Cap 967,640 millions). Colbun dividend per share is 10.90 CLP, and his stock market price 133.76 CLP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Colbun has a dividend yield of 8.15%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Chile. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Colbun stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the best Chile dividend stocks list.

Colbun Dividend Payout

About the ability of Colbun to maintain his current dividend of CLP 10.90 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.15%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Colbun payout on ernings is currently 74.15%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Colbun 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 Colbun is CLP 19.96 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CLP 10.90, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Colbun, compared againt world market average, Chile companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Colbun Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CLP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	8.15%	10.90	74.15%	17,536
2022	8.69%	7.59	32.17%	17,536
2021	75.54%	52.35	695.22%	17,536
2020	10.79%	13.54	161.77%	17,536
2019	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	17,536
2018	8.44%	11.76	114.73%	17,536
2017	3.93%	5.56	71.19%	17,536
2016	1.81%	2.34	30.47%	17,592
2015	1.27%	2.23	85.11%	17,592

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Colbun dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Chile stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

Colbun Stock performance

Finally, last moth Colbun showed a return of 1.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 53.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Chile and Electricity firms.