GF Securities (H) Dividend yield




   HKD/share 
 Price  11.20
 Dividend  0.38
 Earnings  1.11
 Cash-flow  -2.00
 Book value  16.00
 Equity  15.21

GF Securities (H) is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. GF Securities (H) is a company from China, and his stocks are publicly traded.

GF Securities (H) stock dividend

GF Securities (H) paid a total dividend of 647 million HKD last year, for a market value of 19,062 millions (Market Cap 12,181 millions). GF Securities (H) dividend per share is 0.38 HKD, and his stock market price 11.20 HKD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, GF Securities (H) has a dividend yield of 3.40%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from China. However, it is lower than the average of Financials 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 GF Securities (H) stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high China dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of GF Securities (H)

GF Securities (H) Dividend Payout

About the ability of GF Securities (H) to maintain his current dividend of HKD 0.38 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.40%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). GF Securities (H) payout on ernings is currently 34.23%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that GF Securities (H)can maintain his current dividend.

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 GF Securities (H) is HKD -2.00 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of HKD 0.38, 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 GF Securities (H), compared againt world market average, China companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

GF Securities (H) payout

GF Securities (H) Dividend History

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

Year Yield  HKD  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.40%0.3834.23%1,702
20225.17%0.5836.25%1,702
20216.22%0.9256.44%1,702
20205.51%0.6050.42%1,702
20192.34%0.2233.85%1,702
20184.53%0.4836.92%1,702
20172.67%0.4232.81%1,702
20164.96%0.9010.40%1,702

*In millions

GF Securities (H) Stock performance

Finally, last moth GF Securities (H) showed a return of -10.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for China and Financial Services firms.

GF Securities (H) stock and market return