Qatar Electricity & Water Dividend yield

Qatar Electricity & Water is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. Qatar Electricity & Water is a company from Qatar, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Qatar Electricity & Water stock dividend

Qatar Electricity & Water paid a total dividend of 1,045 million QAR last year, for a market value of 19,701 millions (Market Cap 8,154 millions). Qatar Electricity & Water dividend per share is 0.95 QAR, and his stock market price 17.91 QAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Qatar Electricity & Water has a dividend yield of 5.30%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Qatar. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Qatar Electricity & Water stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the highest Qatar dividend stocks list.

Qatar Electricity & Water Dividend Payout

About the ability of Qatar Electricity & Water to maintain his current dividend of QAR 0.95 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.30%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Qatar Electricity & Water payout on ernings is currently 60.90%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that Qatar Electricity & Water 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 Qatar Electricity & Water is QAR 1.56 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of QAR 0.95, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Qatar Electricity & Water, compared againt world market average, Qatar companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

Qatar Electricity & Water Co Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	QAR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.30%	0.95	60.90%	1,100
2022	4.52%	0.80	59.70%	1,100
2021	3.80%	0.63	59.43%	1,100
2020	4.34%	0.77	59.69%	1,100
2019	4.82%	0.78	55.71%	1,100
2018	4.19%	7.75	52.36%	110
2017	4.14%	7.49	52.97%	110
2016	3.52%	7.50	54.59%	110

*In millions

Qatar Electricity & Water Stock performance

Finally, last moth Qatar Electricity & Water showed a return of -1.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -5.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Qatar and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.