Gail India Dividend yield




   INR/share 
 Price  115.00
 Dividend  8.00
 Earnings  8.58
 Cash-flow  4.36
 Book value  95.83
 Equity  98.62

Gail India is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Gail India is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Gail India stock dividend

Gail India paid a total dividend of 52,600 million INR last year, for a market value of 756,125 millions (Market Cap 303,018 millions). Gail India dividend per share is 8.00 INR, and his stock market price 115.00 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Gail India has a dividend yield of 6.96%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also bigger than average of Oil and Gas 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 Gail India stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the high India dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Gail India

Gail India Dividend Payout

About the ability of Gail India to maintain his current dividend of INR 8.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.96%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Gail India payout on ernings is currently 93.24%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures show that Gail India 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 Gail India is INR 4.36 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 8.00, 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 Gail India, compared againt world market average, India companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Gail India payout

Gail India Dividend History

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

Year Yield  INR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present6.96%8.0093.24%6,575
20226.94%6.6735.42%6,575
20216.97%9.0164.87%4,440
20205.91%7.2834.85%4,510
20193.31%4.0127.83%4,549
20181.99%7.1733.63%2,255
20171.82%9.0945.47%1,691
20161.29%5.4830.44%1,269
20151.64%5.9923.95%1,269

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Gail India dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Oil and Gas Producers stocks.

Gail India stock dividend history

Gail India Stock performance

Finally, last moth Gail India showed a return of -3.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 26.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Oil and Gas Producers firms.

Gail India stock and market return