Tata Communications Dividend yield

Tata Communications is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Tata Communications is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Tata Communications stock dividend

Tata Communications paid a total dividend of 5,965 million INR last year, for a market value of 509,894 millions (Market Cap 203,813 millions). Tata Communications dividend per share is 20.93 INR, and his stock market price 1,789.10 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Tata Communications has a dividend yield of 1.17%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also lower than average of Telecommunications industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Tata Communications stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest India dividend stocks list.

Tata Communications Dividend Payout

About the ability of Tata Communications to maintain his current dividend of INR 20.93 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Tata Communications payout on ernings is currently 28.08%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Tata Communicationscan 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 Tata Communications is INR 141.99 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 20.93, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Tata Communications, compared againt world market average, India companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

Tata Communications Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Tata Communications'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	1.17%	20.93	28.08%	285
2022	1.62%	20.65	32.41%	285
2021	0.96%	14.06	25.25%	285
2020	0.36%	3.96	31.40%	285
2019	1.13%	4.49	44.11%	285
2018	0.86%	4.51	0.00%	285
2017	0.66%	4.50	8.45%	285
2016	0.65%	4.28	0.00%	285
2015	1.27%	5.48	38.87%	285

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Tata Communications dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

Tata Communications Stock performance

Finally, last moth Tata Communications showed a return of -0.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 48.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.