Sime Darby Dividend yield




   MYR/share 
 Price  2.30
 Dividend  0.11
 Earnings  0.21
 Cash-flow  0.13
 Book value  2.56
 Equity  2.36

Sime Darby is part of General Industrials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Sime Darby is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sime Darby stock dividend

Sime Darby paid a total dividend of 750 million MYR last year, for a market value of 15,677 millions (Market Cap 8,115 millions). Sime Darby dividend per share is 0.11 MYR, and his stock market price 2.30 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sime Darby has a dividend yield of 4.57%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also bigger than average of Industrials 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 Sime Darby stocks dividend with other General Industrials companies or other of the high Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Dividend yield of Sime Darby

Sime Darby Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sime Darby to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.57%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sime Darby payout on ernings is currently 52.38%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Sime Darby 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 Sime Darby is MYR 0.13 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sime Darby, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Industrials industry and General Industrials sector companies.

Sime Darby payout

Sime Darby Bhd Dividend History

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

Year Yield  MYR  Paypout  Shares* 
Present4.57%0.1152.38%6,816
20225.00%0.1270.59%6,810
20218.62%0.2090.91%6,801
20203.90%0.0969.23%6,801
20194.05%0.0960.00%6,801
20182.50%0.0620.69%6,801
20170.00%0.000.00%6,801
20163.39%0.2769.23%6,327
20154.55%0.3694.74%6,211

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sime Darby dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the General Industrials stocks.

Sime Darby stock dividend history

Sime Darby Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sime Darby showed a return of 5.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and General Industrials firms.

Sime Darby stock and market return