Mr Price Group Dividend yield

Mr Price Group is part of General Retailers business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Mr Price Group is a company from South Africa, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Mr Price Group stock dividend

Mr Price Group paid a total dividend of 1,951 million ZAR last year, for a market value of 33,996 millions (Market Cap 33,921 millions). Mr Price Group dividend per share is 7.59 ZAR, and his stock market price 132.28 ZAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Mr Price Group has a dividend yield of 5.74%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from South Africa. 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 Mr Price Group stocks dividend with other General Retailers companies or other of the high South Africa dividend stocks list.

Mr Price Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Mr Price Group to maintain his current dividend of ZAR 7.59 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.74%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Mr Price Group payout on ernings is currently 64.27%, 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 Mr Price Group 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 Mr Price Group is ZAR 19.17 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of ZAR 7.59, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Mr Price Group, compared againt world market average, South Africa companies, Consumer Services industry and General Retailers sector companies.

Mr Price Group Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	ZAR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.74%	7.59	64.27%	257
2022	5.27%	8.38	66.46%	257
2021	3.73%	7.44	74.18%	256
2020	1.23%	2.10	20.67%	257
2019	4.03%	7.35	66.04%	257
2018	2.95%	7.26	69.87%	257
2017	2.93%	7.17	84.65%	256
2016	4.60%	6.67	67.58%	256
2015	2.89%	5.81	67.64%	253

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Mr Price Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of South Africa stocks and that of the General Retailers stocks.

Mr Price Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Mr Price Group showed a return of -16.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -29.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for South Africa and General Retailers firms.