Sun Pharmaceuticals Dividend yield

Sun Pharmaceuticals is part of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology business, which is part of Health Care industry. Sun Pharmaceuticals is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sun Pharmaceuticals stock dividend

Sun Pharmaceuticals paid a total dividend of 27,469 million INR last year, for a market value of 2,666,728 millions (Market Cap 1,208,481 millions). Sun Pharmaceuticals dividend per share is 11.45 INR, and his stock market price 1,111.60 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sun Pharmaceuticals has a dividend yield of 1.03%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Sun Pharmaceuticals stocks dividend with other Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology companies or other of the high India dividend stocks list.

Sun Pharmaceuticals Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sun Pharmaceuticals to maintain his current dividend of INR 11.45 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.03%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sun Pharmaceuticals payout on ernings is currently 32.45%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures show that Sun Pharmaceuticals is in a good position to keep maintaining his 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 Sun Pharmaceuticals is INR 24.48 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 11.45, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sun Pharmaceuticals, compared againt world market average, India companies, Health Care industry and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology sector companies.

Sun Pharmaceuticals Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	INR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.03%	11.45	32.45%	2,399
2022	1.00%	10.01	56.97%	2,399
2021	0.89%	7.53	48.36%	2,399
2020	0.17%	1.01	5.13%	2,399
2019	0.64%	2.77	19.73%	2,399
2018	0.46%	1.98	16.46%	2,399
2017	0.61%	3.48	11.33%	2,399
2016	0.14%	0.99	4.81%	2,408
2015	0.41%	2.99	15.33%	2,408

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sun Pharmaceuticals dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology stocks.

Sun Pharmaceuticals Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sun Pharmaceuticals showed a return of -2.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 24.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology firms.