National Bank of Kuwait Dividend yield

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

National Bank of Kuwait stock dividend

National Bank of Kuwait paid a total dividend of 267,717 million KWF last year, for a market value of 7,295,600 millions (Market Cap 6,887 millions). National Bank of Kuwait dividend per share is 33.76 KWF, and his stock market price 920.00 KWF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, National Bank of Kuwait has a dividend yield of 3.67%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Kuwait. However, it is lower than the average of Financials industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare National Bank of Kuwait stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Kuwait dividend stocks list.

National Bank of Kuwait Dividend Payout

About the ability of National Bank of Kuwait to maintain his current dividend of KWF 33.76 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.67%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). National Bank of Kuwait payout on ernings is currently 54.68%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that National Bank of Kuwait 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 National Bank of Kuwait is KWF 129.58 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KWF 33.76, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

National Bank of Kuwait Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of National Bank of Kuwait'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	3.67%	33.76	54.68%	7,930
2022	3.58%	38.59	85.57%	7,552
2021	1.91%	19.04	61.68%	7,193
2020	3.97%	33.35	58.37%	6,794
2019	3.11%	33.28	59.72%	6,435
2018	3.26%	27.19	53.79%	6,125

*In millions

National Bank of Kuwait Stock performance

Finally, last moth National Bank of Kuwait showed a return of -4.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Kuwait and Banks firms.