Telenor A/S Dividend yield

Telenor A/S is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Telenor A/S is a company from Norway, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Telenor A/S stock dividend

Telenor A/S paid a total dividend of 12,904 million NOK last year, for a market value of 157,865 millions (Market Cap 71,393 millions). Telenor A/S dividend per share is 9.31 NOK, and his stock market price 113.90 NOK.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Telenor A/S has a dividend yield of 8.17%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Norway. 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 Telenor A/S stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Norway dividend stocks list.

Telenor A/S Dividend Payout

About the ability of Telenor A/S to maintain his current dividend of NOK 9.31 per share, an amount that accounts for 8.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Telenor A/S payout on ernings is currently 77.65%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that Telenor A/S 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 Telenor A/S is NOK 28.48 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of NOK 9.31, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Telenor A/S, compared againt world market average, Norway companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Telenor A/S Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	NOK	Paypout	Shares*
Present	8.17%	9.31	77.65%	1,386
2022	10.15%	9.30	283.54%	1,400
2021	6.49%	9.00	61.69%	1,400
2020	5.96%	8.70	119.83%	1,380
2019	5.34%	8.41	55.55%	1,429
2018	4.84%	8.11	59.07%	1,472
2017	4.43%	7.79	107.15%	1,502
2016	5.96%	7.50	106.08%	1,509
2015	4.82%	7.30	75.65%	1,509

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Telenor A/S dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Norway stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

Telenor A/S Stock performance

Finally, last moth Telenor A/S showed a return of 5.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 4.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Norway and Mobile Telecommunications firms.