Natl Australia Bank Dividend yield

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

Natl Australia Bank stock dividend

Natl Australia Bank paid a total dividend of 5,054 million AUD last year, for a market value of 90,905 millions (Market Cap 90,867 millions). Natl Australia Bank dividend per share is 1.61 AUD, and his stock market price 28.96 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Natl Australia Bank has a dividend yield of 5.56%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Natl Australia Bank stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the highest Australia dividend stocks list.

Natl Australia Bank Dividend Payout

About the ability of Natl Australia Bank to maintain his current dividend of AUD 1.61 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.56%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Natl Australia Bank payout on ernings is currently 67.93%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Natl Australia Bank 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 Natl Australia Bank is AUD 0.00 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 1.61, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Natl Australia Bank Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.56%	1.61	67.93%	3,139
2022	5.02%	1.51	64.26%	3,174
2021	4.40%	1.27	61.95%	3,299
2020	2.65%	0.60	52.17%	3,290
2019	6.74%	1.66	82.18%	2,883
2018	8.23%	1.98	91.24%	2,723
2017	6.70%	1.98	94.29%	2,675
2016	6.84%	1.98	0.00%	2,645
2015	6.74%	1.98	78.88%	2,615

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Natl Australia Bank dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

Natl Australia Bank Stock performance

Finally, last moth Natl Australia Bank showed a return of 1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Banks firms.