Torrent Power Dividend yield

Torrent Power is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. Torrent Power is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Torrent Power paid a total dividend of 7,989 million INR last year, for a market value of 160,125 millions (Market Cap 38,399 millions). Dividend per share of Torrent Power is 16.61 INR, and his stock market price 332.90 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Torrent Power has a dividend yield of 4.99%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also bigger than average of Utilities 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 Torrent Power dividend yield with other Electricity companies or firms from India.

Torrent Power Dividend Payout

About the ability of Torrent Power to maintain his current dividend of INR 16.61 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.99%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Torrent Power payout on ernings is currently 110.73%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 37.71% and 69.01% respectively. Both figures show that Torrent Power 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 Torrent Power is INR 59.45 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 16.61, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Torrent Power, compared againt world market average, India companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

Torrent Power Stock performance

Finally, last moth Torrent Power showed a return of 2.30% compared to a worldwide 4.35% average, and a -1.16% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 19.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 2.14%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Electricity firms.