National Commercial Dividend yield




   SAR/share 
 Price  35.75
 Dividend  1.30
 Earnings  3.16
 Cash-flow  4.97
 Book value  25.54
 Equity  25.08

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

National Commercial stock dividend

National Commercial paid a total dividend of 7,731 million SAR last year, for a market value of 212,605 millions (Market Cap 104,173 millions). National Commercial dividend per share is 1.30 SAR, and his stock market price 35.75 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, National Commercial has a dividend yield of 3.63%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. 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 Commercial stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of National Commercial

National Commercial Dividend Payout

About the ability of National Commercial to maintain his current dividend of SAR 1.30 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.63%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). National Commercial payout on ernings is currently 41.14%, which is higher than the market average, but lower than companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that National Commercial should not have problems to continue paying his 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 National Commercial is SAR 4.97 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 1.30, 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 Commercial, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

National Commercial payout

National Commercial Dividend History

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

Year Yield  SAR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present3.63%1.3041.14%5,947
20223.96%2.0068.97%4,436
20212.25%1.4558.94%4,478
20205.31%2.3060.53%2,991
20194.47%2.2061.62%2,993

*In millions

National Commercial Stock performance

Finally, last moth National Commercial showed a return of -7.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -31.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Banks firms.

National Commercial stock and market return