MTR Corp Dividend yield

MTR Corp is part of Travel and Leisure business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. MTR Corp is a company from Hong-Kong, and his stocks are publicly traded.

MTR Corp stock dividend

MTR Corp paid a total dividend of 8,125 million HKD last year, for a market value of 203,116 millions (Market Cap 47,205 millions). MTR Corp dividend per share is 1.31 HKD, and his stock market price 32.75 HKD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, MTR Corp has a dividend yield of 4.00%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Hong-Kong. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Services 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 MTR Corp stocks dividend with other Travel and Leisure companies or other of the high Hong-Kong dividend stocks list.

MTR Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of MTR Corp to maintain his current dividend of HKD 1.31 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.00%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). MTR Corp payout on ernings is currently 71.20%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that MTR Corp 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 MTR Corp is HKD 1.04 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of HKD 1.31, 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 MTR Corp, compared againt world market average, Hong-Kong companies, Consumer Services industry and Travel and Leisure sector companies.

MTR Corp Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	HKD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.00%	1.31	71.20%	6,202
2022	3.48%	1.44	82.76%	6,194
2021	2.94%	1.23	-212.07%	6,182
2020	2.84%	1.23	58.57%	6,160
2019	2.61%	1.20	43.48%	6,142
2018	2.72%	1.12	38.62%	6,104
2017	2.34%	1.07	58.15%	6,002
2016	2.73%	1.06	45.30%	5,849
2015	2.92%	1.05	37.91%	5,849

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of MTR Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Hong-Kong stocks and that of the Travel and Leisure stocks.

MTR Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth MTR Corp showed a return of -8.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -18.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Hong-Kong and Travel and Leisure firms.