Sime Darby Plantation Dividend yield

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

Sime Darby Plantation paid a total dividend of 272 million MYR last year, for a market value of 36,249 millions (Market Cap 18,766 millions). Dividend per share of Sime Darby Plantation is 0.04 MYR, and his stock market price 5.33 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sime Darby Plantation has a dividend yield of 0.66%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Sime Darby Plantation dividend yield with other General Industrials companies or firms from Malaysia.

Sime Darby Plantation Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sime Darby Plantation to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.66%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sime Darby Plantation payout on ernings is currently 7.69%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 38.56% and 37.08% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Sime Darby Plantationcan 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 Sime Darby Plantation is MYR 0.41 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.04, 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 Plantation, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Industrials industry and General Industrials sector companies. You might also need to check full financial report of Sime Darby Plantation.

Sime Darby Plantation Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sime Darby Plantation showed a return of -3.80% compared to a worldwide -1.61% average, and a -2.69% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 7.26%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and General Industrials firms.