Kuala Lumpur Kepong Dividend yield

Kuala Lumpur Kepong is part of Food Producers business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Kuala Lumpur Kepong is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong stock dividend

Kuala Lumpur Kepong paid a total dividend of 1,078 million MYR last year, for a market value of 23,220 millions (Market Cap 11,727 millions). Kuala Lumpur Kepong dividend per share is 1.00 MYR, and his stock market price 21.54 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kuala Lumpur Kepong has a dividend yield of 4.64%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Kuala Lumpur Kepong stocks dividend with other Food Producers companies or other of the highest Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kuala Lumpur Kepong to maintain his current dividend of MYR 1.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.64%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kuala Lumpur Kepong payout on ernings is currently 49.75%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Kuala Lumpur Kepong 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 Kuala Lumpur Kepong is MYR 2.73 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 1.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kuala Lumpur Kepong, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Consumer Goods industry and Food Producers sector companies.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kuala Lumpur Kepong'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	4.64%	1.00	49.75%	1,078
2022	4.47%	1.00	49.75%	1,078
2021	2.53%	0.55	26.32%	1,079
2020	2.11%	0.50	69.44%	1,079
2019	1.81%	0.45	77.59%	1,065
2018	2.02%	0.50	70.42%	1,065
2017	2.00%	0.50	53.19%	1,065
2016	1.88%	0.45	30.20%	1,069
2015	2.40%	0.55	67.90%	1,069

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kuala Lumpur Kepong dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Food Producers stocks.

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kuala Lumpur Kepong showed a return of -7.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -6.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Food Producers firms.