Kuwait Finance House Dividend yield

Kuwait Finance House is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Kuwait Finance House is a company from Kuwait, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kuwait Finance House stock dividend

Kuwait Finance House paid a total dividend of 346,269 million KWF last year, for a market value of 10,921,700 millions (Market Cap 6,728 millions). Kuwait Finance House dividend per share is 23.62 KWF, and his stock market price 745.00 KWF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kuwait Finance House has a dividend yield of 3.17%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Kuwait. 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 Kuwait Finance House stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Kuwait dividend stocks list.

Kuwait Finance House Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kuwait Finance House to maintain his current dividend of KWF 23.62 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kuwait Finance House payout on ernings is currently 98.29%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Kuwait Finance House 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 Kuwait Finance House is KWF 39.01 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KWF 23.62, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kuwait Finance House, compared againt world market average, Kuwait companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Kuwait Finance House Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	KWF	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.17%	23.62	98.29%	14,660
2022	1.33%	10.95	60.26%	13,351
2021	1.09%	9.07	50.36%	8,377
2020	2.69%	18.21	54.34%	7,604
2019	2.24%	18.17	54.45%	6,977
2018	2.30%	14.05	46.68%	6,273

*In millions

Kuwait Finance House Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kuwait Finance House showed a return of -5.60% 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 Kuwait and Banks firms.