Keppel Dividend yield

Keppel is part of Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Keppel is a company from Singapore, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Keppel stock dividend

Keppel paid a total dividend of 581 million SGD last year, for a market value of 12,228 millions (Market Cap 9,625 millions). Keppel dividend per share is 0.33 SGD, and his stock market price 6.94 SGD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Keppel has a dividend yield of 4.76%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Singapore. 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 Keppel stocks dividend with other Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. companies or other of the highest Singapore dividend stocks list.

Keppel Dividend Payout

About the ability of Keppel to maintain his current dividend of SGD 0.33 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.76%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Keppel payout on ernings is currently 58.93%, 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 Keppel 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 Keppel is SGD 0.34 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SGD 0.33, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Keppel, compared againt world market average, Singapore companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. sector companies.

Keppel Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	SGD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.76%	0.33	58.93%	1,762
2022	4.96%	0.36	59.02%	1,765
2021	3.71%	0.19	-76.00%	1,820
2020	2.79%	0.15	36.59%	1,821
2019	3.40%	0.23	44.23%	1,817
2018	4.06%	0.24	200.00%	1,816
2017	2.72%	0.20	46.51%	1,818
2016	5.50%	0.30	35.29%	1,805
2015	7.33%	0.48	46.15%	1,805

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Keppel dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Singapore stocks and that of the Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. stocks.

Keppel Stock performance

Finally, last moth Keppel showed a return of -6.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 46.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Singapore and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. firms.