MultiChoice Group Dividend yield

MultiChoice Group is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. MultiChoice Group is a company from South Africa, and his stocks are publicly traded.

MultiChoice Group stock dividend

MultiChoice Group paid a total dividend of 2,503 million ZAR last year, for a market value of 34,678 millions (Market Cap 22,819 millions). MultiChoice Group dividend per share is 5.65 ZAR, and his stock market price 78.28 ZAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, MultiChoice Group has a dividend yield of 7.22%, 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 MultiChoice Group stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the high South Africa dividend stocks list.

MultiChoice Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of MultiChoice Group to maintain his current dividend of ZAR 5.65 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.22%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). MultiChoice Group payout on ernings is currently -77.19%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that MultiChoice Groupcan maintain his current dividend.

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 MultiChoice Group is ZAR 13.05 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of ZAR 5.65, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

MultiChoice Group Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of MultiChoice 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	7.22%	5.65	-77.19%	443
2022	4.82%	5.65	157.38%	443
2021	4.63%	5.65	104.24%	443
2020	4.22%	5.65	332.35%	443
2019	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	439

*In millions

MultiChoice Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth MultiChoice Group showed a return of -11.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -32.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for South Africa and Media firms.