Scentre Group Dividend yield

Scentre Group is part of Real Estate Investment Trusts business, which is part of Financials industry. Scentre Group is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Scentre Group stock dividend

Scentre Group paid a total dividend of 882 million AUD last year, for a market value of 14,273 millions (Market Cap 14,260 millions). Scentre Group dividend per share is 0.17 AUD, and his stock market price 2.75 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Scentre Group has a dividend yield of 6.00%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. 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 Scentre Group stocks dividend with other Real Estate Investment Trusts companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Scentre Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Scentre Group to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.17 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.00%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Scentre Group payout on ernings is currently 283.33%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Scentre Group 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 Scentre Group is AUD 0.22 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.17, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Scentre Group, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Financials industry and Real Estate Investment Trusts sector companies.

Scentre Group Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	6.00%	0.17	283.33%	5,190
2022	5.12%	0.15	88.24%	5,190
2021	4.43%	0.14	-19.44%	5,190
2020	8.13%	0.23	100.00%	5,190
2019	5.84%	0.22	50.00%	5,254
2018	5.63%	0.22	27.50%	5,324
2017	5.13%	0.21	37.50%	5,324
2016	4.98%	0.21	41.18%	5,324
2015	5.16%	0.21	50.00%	5,324

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Scentre Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Real Estate Investment Trusts stocks.

Scentre Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Scentre Group showed a return of -2.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -6.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Real Estate Investment Trusts firms.