Southern Province Cement Dividend yield

Southern Province Cement is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Southern Province Cement is a company from Saudi Arabia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Southern Province Cement stock dividend

Southern Province Cement paid a total dividend of 175 million SAR last year, for a market value of 6,545 millions (Market Cap 3,207 millions). Southern Province Cement dividend per share is 1.25 SAR, and his stock market price 46.75 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Southern Province Cement has a dividend yield of 2.67%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. 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 Southern Province Cement stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the high Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Southern Province Cement Dividend Payout

About the ability of Southern Province Cement to maintain his current dividend of SAR 1.25 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.67%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Southern Province Cement payout on ernings is currently 58.41%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures show that Southern Province Cement 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 Southern Province Cement is SAR 2.29 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 1.25, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Southern Province Cement, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Southern Province Cement Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Southern Province Cement'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	2.67%	1.25	58.41%	140
2022	3.92%	2.00	62.31%	140
2021	5.35%	3.75	86.21%	140
2020	5.34%	4.50	135.95%	140
2019	3.49%	2.25	161.87%	140

*In millions

Southern Province Cement Stock performance

Finally, last moth Southern Province Cement showed a return of -5.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -19.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Construction and Materials firms.