Whitehaven Coal Dividend yield

Whitehaven Coal is part of Mining business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Whitehaven Coal is a company from Australia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Whitehaven Coal stock dividend

Whitehaven Coal paid a total dividend of 658 million AUD last year, for a market value of 5,414 millions (Market Cap 4,525 millions). Whitehaven Coal dividend per share is 0.74 AUD, and his stock market price 6.09 AUD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Whitehaven Coal has a dividend yield of 12.15%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Australia. 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 Whitehaven Coal stocks dividend with other Mining companies or other of the highest Australia dividend stocks list.

Whitehaven Coal Dividend Payout

About the ability of Whitehaven Coal to maintain his current dividend of AUD 0.74 per share, an amount that accounts for 12.15%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Whitehaven Coal payout on ernings is currently 33.94%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Whitehaven Coalcan maintain his current dividend.

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 Whitehaven Coal is AUD 2.90 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of AUD 0.74, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Whitehaven Coal, compared againt world market average, Australia companies, Basic Materials industry and Mining sector companies.

Whitehaven Coal Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	AUD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	12.15%	0.74	33.94%	889
2022	5.10%	0.48	22.97%	929
2021	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,033
2020	8.81%	0.15	500.00%	1,026
2019	10.61%	0.28	53.85%	1,026
2018	6.25%	0.27	52.94%	1,026
2017	1.35%	0.06	15.38%	1,026
2016	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,026
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	1,026

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Whitehaven Coal dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Australia stocks and that of the Mining stocks.

Whitehaven Coal Stock performance

Finally, last moth Whitehaven Coal showed a return of -12.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -23.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Australia and Mining firms.