Coles Group Dividend yield

Coles Group is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Coles Group is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Coles Group stock dividend

Coles Group paid a total dividend of 883 million AUD last year, for a market value of 21,769 millions (Market Cap 21,151 millions). Coles Group dividend per share is 0.66 AUD, and his stock market price 16.27 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Coles Group has a dividend yield of 4.06%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 Coles Group stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the best Australia dividend stocks list.

Coles Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Coles Group to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.66 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.06%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Coles Group payout on ernings is currently 71.74%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Coles Group 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 Coles Group is AUD 2.09 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.66, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Coles Group, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Coles Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Coles Group'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	4.06%	0.66	71.74%	1,338
2022	3.77%	0.63	72.41%	1,336
2021	3.40%	0.61	73.49%	1,334
2020	3.17%	0.58	72.50%	1,334
2019	1.62%	0.24	22.22%	1,334
2018	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,134

*In millions

Coles Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Coles Group showed a return of -10.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -7.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and General Retailers firms.