Riyad Bank Dividend yield




   SAR/share 
 Price  30.45
 Dividend  1.30
 Earnings  2.34
 Cash-flow  2.72
 Book value  16.92
 Equity  16.14

Riyad Bank is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. Riyad Bank is a company from Saudi Arabia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Riyad Bank stock dividend

Riyad Bank paid a total dividend of 3,900 million SAR last year, for a market value of 91,350 millions (Market Cap 44,762 millions). Riyad Bank dividend per share is 1.30 SAR, and his stock market price 30.45 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Riyad Bank has a dividend yield of 4.27%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. 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 Riyad Bank stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the best Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Riyad Bank

Riyad Bank Dividend Payout

About the ability of Riyad Bank to maintain his current dividend of SAR 1.30 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.27%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Riyad Bank payout on ernings is currently 55.56%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Riyad Bank 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 Riyad Bank is SAR 2.72 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 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 Riyad Bank, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

Riyad Bank payout

Riyad Bank Dividend History

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

Year Yield  SAR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present4.27%1.3055.56%3,000
20223.27%1.0451.74%3,000
20211.85%0.5031.65%3,000
20205.30%1.0757.22%3,000
20193.83%0.9258.60%3,000

*In millions

Riyad Bank Stock performance

Finally, last moth Riyad Bank showed a return of -4.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -14.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Banks firms.

Riyad Bank stock and market return