Telekom Malaysia Dividend yield

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

Telekom Malaysia stock dividend

Telekom Malaysia paid a total dividend of 650 million MYR last year, for a market value of 19,492 millions (Market Cap 5,848 millions). Telekom Malaysia dividend per share is 0.17 MYR, and his stock market price 5.10 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Telekom Malaysia has a dividend yield of 3.24%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. 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 Telekom Malaysia stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Malaysia dividend stocks list.

Telekom Malaysia Dividend Payout

About the ability of Telekom Malaysia to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.17 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.24%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Telekom Malaysia payout on ernings is currently 50.00%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that Telekom Malaysia 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 Telekom Malaysia is MYR 0.86 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.17, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

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

Telekom Malaysia Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.24%	0.17	50.00%	3,822
2022	2.78%	0.15	57.69%	3,821
2021	2.64%	0.15	53.57%	3,774
2020	3.11%	0.17	100.00%	3,766
2019	3.69%	0.14	280.00%	3,758
2018	8.08%	0.21	80.77%	3,758
2017	3.43%	0.22	100.00%	3,758
2016	3.47%	0.21	105.00%	3,758
2015	3.49%	0.23	100.00%	3,758

*In millions

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

Telekom Malaysia Stock performance

Finally, last moth Telekom Malaysia showed a return of 0.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -14.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.