Posco Dividend yield

Posco is part of Industrial Metals and Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Posco is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Posco stock dividend

Posco paid a total dividend of 682,062 million KRW last year, for a market value of 44,004,000 millions (Market Cap 43,201,754 millions). Posco dividend per share is 8,974.50 KRW, and his stock market price 579,000.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Posco has a dividend yield of 1.55%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Posco stocks dividend with other Industrial Metals and Mining companies or other of the high Korea dividend stocks list.

Posco Dividend Payout

About the ability of Posco to maintain his current dividend of KRW 8974.50 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.55%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Posco payout on ernings is currently 18.75%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Poscocan maintain his current 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 Posco is KRW 81,549.30 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 8,974.50, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Posco, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Basic Materials industry and Industrial Metals and Mining sector companies.

Posco Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	KRW	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.55%	8,974.50	18.75%	76
2022	5.42%	14,986.30	16.26%	76
2021	6.01%	16,497.45	60.70%	76
2020	2.76%	7,507.20	26.50%	80
2019	4.65%	10,997.25	43.24%	80
2018	3.50%	8,505.00	21.35%	80
2017	3.08%	10,241.00	48.05%	80
2016	3.01%	7,509.95	113.48%	80
2015	4.73%	7,993.70	68.11%	80

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Posco dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the Industrial Metals and Mining stocks.

Posco Stock performance

Finally, last moth Posco showed a return of -9.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 127.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and Industrial Metals and Mining firms.