StarHub Dividend yield

StarHub is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. StarHub is a company from Singapore, and his stocks are publicly traded.

StarHub stock dividend

StarHub paid a total dividend of 87 million SGD last year, for a market value of 1,765 millions (Market Cap 588 millions). StarHub dividend per share is 0.05 SGD, and his stock market price 1.02 SGD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, StarHub has a dividend yield of 4.90%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Singapore. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 StarHub stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the high Singapore dividend stocks list.

StarHub Dividend Payout

About the ability of StarHub to maintain his current dividend of SGD 0.05 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.90%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). StarHub payout on ernings is currently 45.45%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that StarHub 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 StarHub is SGD 0.20 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SGD 0.05, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of StarHub, compared againt world market average, Singapore companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

StarHub Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	SGD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.90%	0.05	45.45%	1,730
2022	6.15%	0.06	35.29%	1,729
2021	3.68%	0.05	38.46%	1,730
2020	5.34%	0.07	41.18%	1,732
2019	7.57%	0.11	57.89%	1,731
2018	9.14%	0.16	94.12%	1,729
2017	5.96%	0.17	77.27%	1,729
2016	6.94%	0.20	80.00%	1,730
2015	5.51%	0.20	80.00%	1,730

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of StarHub dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Singapore stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

StarHub Stock performance

Finally, last moth StarHub showed a return of -1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -17.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Singapore and Mobile Telecommunications firms.