Perpetual Dividend yield




   AUD/share 
 Price  21.07
 Dividend  1.52
 Earnings  1.06
 Cash-flow  1.03
 Book value  21.07
 Equity  14.72

Perpetual is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Perpetual is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Perpetual stock dividend

Perpetual paid a total dividend of 172 million AUD last year, for a market value of 2,381 millions (Market Cap 2,360 millions). Perpetual dividend per share is 1.52 AUD, and his stock market price 21.07 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Perpetual has a dividend yield of 7.21%, 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 Perpetual stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Perpetual

Perpetual Dividend Payout

About the ability of Perpetual to maintain his current dividend of AUD 1.52 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.21%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Perpetual payout on ernings is currently 143.40%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Perpetual 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 Perpetual is AUD 1.03 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 1.52, 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 Perpetual, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Perpetual payout

Perpetual Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Perpetual'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* 
Present7.21%1.52143.40%113
20228.50%2.0987.45%57
20215.00%1.8097.83%57
20204.46%1.5590.64%57
20196.08%2.5089.29%47
20188.47%2.7583.84%47
20175.48%2.6581.79%47
20165.36%2.5581.47%47
20155.22%2.4083.33%47

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Perpetual dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Perpetual stock dividend history

Perpetual Stock performance

Finally, last moth Perpetual showed a return of -14.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -22.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Financial Services firms.

Perpetual stock and market return