Maxis Bhd Dividend yield




   MYR/share 
 Price  4.01
 Dividend  0.18
 Earnings  0.19
 Cash-flow  0.37
 Book value  0.82
 Equity  0.83

Maxis Bhd is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Maxis Bhd is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Maxis Bhd stock dividend

Maxis Bhd paid a total dividend of 1,409 million MYR last year, for a market value of 31,398 millions (Market Cap 8,007 millions). Maxis Bhd dividend per share is 0.18 MYR, and his stock market price 4.01 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Maxis Bhd has a dividend yield of 4.49%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 Maxis Bhd stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Maxis Bhd

Maxis Bhd Dividend Payout

About the ability of Maxis Bhd to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.18 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.49%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Maxis Bhd payout on ernings is currently 94.74%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that Maxis Bhd 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 Maxis Bhd is MYR 0.37 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.18, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Maxis Bhd, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Maxis Bhd payout

Maxis Bhd Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Maxis Bhd'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* 
Present4.49%0.1894.74%7,830
20224.95%0.19100.00%7,826
20213.30%0.1688.89%7,823
20203.37%0.1785.00%7,821
20193.76%0.2086.96%7,817
20183.74%0.2060.61%7,817
20173.33%0.2066.67%7,811
20163.35%0.2074.07%7,500
20154.73%0.31119.23%7,500

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Maxis Bhd dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

Maxis Bhd stock dividend history

Maxis Bhd Stock performance

Finally, last moth Maxis Bhd showed a return of -0.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 4.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Mobile Telecommunications firms.

Maxis Bhd stock and market return