United Overseas Bank Dividend yield

United Overseas Bank is part of Banks business, which is part of Financials industry. United Overseas Bank is a company from Singapore, and his stocks are publicly traded.

United Overseas Bank stock dividend

United Overseas Bank paid a total dividend of 2,685 million SGD last year, for a market value of 47,722 millions (Market Cap 34,505 millions). United Overseas Bank dividend per share is 1.60 SGD, and his stock market price 28.44 SGD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, United Overseas Bank has a dividend yield of 5.63%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Singapore. 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 United Overseas Bank stocks dividend with other Banks companies or other of the best Singapore dividend stocks list.

United Overseas Bank Dividend Payout

About the ability of United Overseas Bank to maintain his current dividend of SGD 1.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.63%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). United Overseas Bank payout on ernings is currently 59.70%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 39.34% and 46.18% respectively. Both figures show that United Overseas Bank 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 United Overseas Bank is SGD 3.84 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SGD 1.60, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of United Overseas Bank, compared againt world market average, Singapore companies, Financials industry and Banks sector companies.

United Overseas Bank Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	SGD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.63%	1.60	59.70%	1,678
2022	3.91%	1.20	50.00%	1,675
2021	3.68%	0.99	58.58%	1,674
2020	4.16%	0.94	37.01%	1,668
2019	3.98%	1.05	44.87%	1,668
2018	3.87%	0.95	47.98%	1,662
2017	2.65%	0.70	38.67%	1,659
2016	4.41%	0.90	46.39%	1,602
2015	2.84%	0.55	28.06%	1,602

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of United Overseas Bank dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Singapore stocks and that of the Banks stocks.

United Overseas Bank Stock performance

Finally, last moth United Overseas Bank showed a return of -5.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.03% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 4.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Singapore and Banks firms.