Samsung Life Insuran Dividend yield

Samsung Life Insuran is part of Life Insurance business, which is part of Financials industry. Samsung Life Insuran is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Samsung Life Insuran stock dividend

Samsung Life Insuran paid a total dividend of 540,259 million KRW last year, for a market value of 12,168,000 millions (Market Cap 4,996,203 millions). Samsung Life Insuran dividend per share is 3,001.44 KRW, and his stock market price 67,600.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Samsung Life Insuran has a dividend yield of 4.44%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. 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 Samsung Life Insuran stocks dividend with other Life Insurance companies or other of the high Korea dividend stocks list.

Samsung Life Insuran Dividend Payout

About the ability of Samsung Life Insuran to maintain his current dividend of KRW 3001.44 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.44%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Samsung Life Insuran payout on ernings is currently 31.52%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Samsung Life Insurancan 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 Samsung Life Insuran is KRW -7,595.51 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 3,001.44, 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 Samsung Life Insuran, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Financials industry and Life Insurance sector companies.

Samsung Life Insuran Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Samsung Life Insuran'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	4.44%	3,001.44	31.52%	180
2022	4.23%	3,003.30	33.42%	180
2021	3.90%	2,499.90	31.20%	180
2020	3.35%	2,649.85	40.87%	180
2019	3.56%	2,652.20	25.63%	180
2018	2.45%	1,999.20	27.68%	180
2017	0.96%	1,195.20	9.89%	180
2016	1.58%	1,801.20	25.91%	180
2015	1.75%	1,802.50	24.68%	189

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Samsung Life Insuran dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the Life Insurance stocks.

Samsung Life Insuran Stock performance

Finally, last moth Samsung Life Insuran showed a return of -3.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 9.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and Life Insurance firms.