Saudi Aramco Dividend yield

Saudi Aramco is part of Oil and Gas Producers business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Saudi Aramco is a company from Saudi Arabia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Saudi Aramco stock dividend

Saudi Aramco paid a total dividend of 287,880 million SAR last year, for a market value of 8,442,868 millions (Market Cap 107,475 millions). Saudi Aramco dividend per share is 1.19 SAR, and his stock market price 34.90 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Saudi Aramco has a dividend yield of 3.40%, which is similar to the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. However, it is lower than the average of Oil and Gas industry. The company should be deeply analized because dividend yields should be similar among companies from the same industry unless they carry an opposite strategy.

In addition, you should compare Saudi Aramco stocks dividend with other Oil and Gas Producers companies or other of the high Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Saudi Aramco Dividend Payout

About the ability of Saudi Aramco to maintain his current dividend of SAR 1.19 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.40%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Saudi Aramco payout on ernings is currently 47.98%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures show that Saudi Aramco 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 Saudi Aramco is SAR 2.88 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 1.19, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Saudi Aramco, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil and Gas Producers sector companies.

Saudi Aramco Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Saudi Aramco'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*
Present	3.40%	1.19	47.98%	241,916
2022	3.99%	1.28	70.72%	219,871
2021	3.93%	1.41	151.61%	199,883
2020	3.23%	1.13	68.07%	200,000
2019	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	200,000

*In millions

Saudi Aramco Stock performance

Finally, last moth Saudi Aramco showed a return of 7.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Oil and Gas Producers firms.