PLDT Dividend yield

PLDT is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. PLDT is a company from Philippines, and his stocks are publicly traded.

PLDT stock dividend

PLDT paid a total dividend of 20,295 million PHP last year, for a market value of 248,400 millions (Market Cap 104,728 millions). PLDT dividend per share is 93.96 PHP, and his stock market price 1,150.00 PHP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, PLDT has a dividend yield of 8.17%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Philippines. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 PLDT stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high Philippines dividend stocks list.

PLDT Dividend Payout

About the ability of PLDT to maintain his current dividend of PHP 93.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). PLDT payout on ernings is currently 190.36%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that PLDT 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 PLDT is PHP 310.81 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of PHP 93.96, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of PLDT, compared againt world market average, Philippines companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

PLDT Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	PHP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	8.17%	93.96	190.36%	216
2022	6.76%	89.03	66.25%	216
2021	4.53%	82.08	66.59%	216
2020	5.75%	77.05	71.88%	216
2019	7.29%	72.03	78.74%	216
2018	5.69%	64.01	92.18%	216
2017	5.14%	76.07	78.64%	216
2016	8.37%	105.96	98.76%	214

*In millions

PLDT Stock performance

Finally, last moth PLDT showed a return of -12.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -30.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Philippines and Mobile Telecommunications firms.