Hong Leong Bank Dividend yield

Hong Leong Bank is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Hong Leong Bank is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Hong Leong Bank stock dividend

Hong Leong Bank paid a total dividend of 1,188 million MYR last year, for a market value of 40,898 millions (Market Cap 12,269 millions). Hong Leong Bank dividend per share is 0.58 MYR, and his stock market price 19.96 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Hong Leong Bank has a dividend yield of 2.91%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Hong Leong Bank stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Hong Leong Bank Dividend Payout

About the ability of Hong Leong Bank to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.58 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.91%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Hong Leong Bank payout on ernings is currently 30.85%, 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 Hong Leong Bankcan 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 Hong Leong Bank is MYR 3.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.58, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Hong Leong Bank, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Hong Leong Bank Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.91%	0.58	30.85%	2,049
2022	2.68%	0.55	34.16%	2,087
2021	2.69%	0.50	35.21%	2,048
2020	1.98%	0.36	29.51%	2,087
2019	2.89%	0.50	38.46%	2,087
2018	2.35%	0.48	36.92%	2,087
2017	2.65%	0.45	42.45%	2,087
2016	3.08%	0.41	43.16%	2,087
2015	2.61%	0.35	31.82%	2,087

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Hong Leong Bank dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Hong Leong Bank Stock performance

Finally, last moth Hong Leong Bank showed a return of 1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Banks firms.