05-31-2023
INR/share | |
Price | 278.30 |
Dividend | 88.50 |
Earnings | 28.40 |
Cash-flow | 79.51 |
Book value | 107.04 |
Equity | 140.59 |
Vedanta is part of Industrial Metals and Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Vedanta is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.
Vedanta stock dividend
Vedanta paid a total dividend of 328,247 million INR last year, for a market value of 1,032,215 millions (Market Cap 341,030 millions). Vedanta dividend per share is 88.50 INR, and his stock market price 278.30 INR.
According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Vedanta has a dividend yield of 31.80%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also bigger than average of Basic Materials 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 Vedanta stocks dividend with other Industrial Metals and Mining companies or other of the high India dividend stocks list.
Vedanta Dividend Payout
About the ability of Vedanta to maintain his current dividend of INR 88.50 per share, an amount that accounts for 31.80%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Vedanta payout on ernings is currently 311.62%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.87% and 33.76% respectively. Both figures show that Vedanta 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 Vedanta is INR 79.51 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 88.50, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Vedanta, compared againt world market average, India companies, Basic Materials industry and Industrial Metals and Mining sector companies.
Vedanta Dividend History
Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Vedanta'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 | 31.80% | 88.50 | 311.62% | 3,709 |
2022 | 30.80% | 94.99 | 184.81% | 3,709 |
2021 | 9.38% | 32.00 | 105.06% | 3,716 |
2020 | 8.30% | 13.40 | -82.21% | 3,717 |
2019 | 12.36% | 18.84 | 97.62% | 3,702 |
2018 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 3,717 |
2017 | 5.90% | 19.46 | 128.03% | 3,717 |
2016 | 2.28% | 5.24 | -18.46% | 2,965 |
2015 | 6.50% | 5.85 | -11.06% | 2,965 |
*In millions
Then you can see the evolution of Vedanta dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Industrial Metals and Mining stocks.
Vedanta Stock performance
Finally, last moth Vedanta showed a return of -0.40% compared to a worldwide -2.16% average, and a -5.29% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -13.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 0.43%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Industrial Metals and Mining firms.