Pou Chen Dividend yield

Pou Chen is part of Personal Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Pou Chen is a company from Taiwan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Pou Chen stock dividend

Pou Chen paid a total dividend of 3,831 million TWD last year, for a market value of 84,284 millions (Market Cap 75,850 millions). Pou Chen dividend per share is 1.30 TWD, and his stock market price 28.60 TWD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Pou Chen has a dividend yield of 4.55%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Taiwan. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods 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 Pou Chen stocks dividend with other Personal Goods companies or other of the high Taiwan dividend stocks list.

Pou Chen Dividend Payout

About the ability of Pou Chen to maintain his current dividend of TWD 1.30 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.55%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Pou Chen payout on ernings is currently 30.02%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Pou Chencan 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 Pou Chen is TWD 9.53 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of TWD 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 Pou Chen, compared againt world market average, Taiwan companies, Consumer Goods industry and Personal Goods sector companies.

Pou Chen Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	TWD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.55%	1.30	30.02%	2,947
2022	4.39%	1.50	29.41%	2,947
2021	1.51%	0.50	27.78%	2,947
2020	3.98%	1.25	29.83%	2,947
2019	3.83%	1.50	39.06%	2,947
2018	6.13%	2.00	44.15%	2,947
2017	3.89%	1.50	33.48%	2,947
2016	3.76%	1.50	45.18%	2,942
2015	3.45%	1.50	49.67%	2,942

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Pou Chen dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Taiwan stocks and that of the Personal Goods stocks.

Pou Chen Stock performance

Finally, last moth Pou Chen showed a return of -8.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Taiwan and Personal Goods firms.