Suncorp Group Dividend yield

Suncorp Group is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. Suncorp Group is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Suncorp Group stock dividend

Suncorp Group paid a total dividend of 760 million AUD last year, for a market value of 17,269 millions (Market Cap 17,253 millions). Suncorp Group dividend per share is 0.60 AUD, and his stock market price 13.63 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Suncorp Group has a dividend yield of 4.40%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. It is also bigger than average of Financials 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 Suncorp Group stocks dividend with other Financial Services companies or other of the high Australia dividend stocks list.

Suncorp Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of Suncorp Group to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.40%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Suncorp Group payout on ernings is currently 63.16%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that Suncorp Group 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 Suncorp Group is AUD 0.58 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.60, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Suncorp Group, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

Suncorp Group Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.40%	0.60	63.16%	1,267
2022	3.32%	0.40	67.80%	1,263
2021	5.96%	0.66	76.74%	1,283
2020	3.70%	0.36	63.16%	1,280
2019	5.56%	0.72	75.79%	1,261
2018	5.78%	0.73	80.22%	1,299
2017	5.27%	0.73	81.11%	1,293
2016	5.44%	0.68	78.16%	1,287
2015	3.73%	0.50	52.63%	1,287

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Suncorp Group dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Financial Services stocks.

Suncorp Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth Suncorp Group showed a return of -4.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 25.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Financial Services firms.