YTL Corp Dividend yield

YTL Corp is part of Gas Water and Multiutilities business, which is part of Utilities industry. YTL Corp is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

YTL Corp stock dividend

YTL Corp paid a total dividend of 329 million MYR last year, for a market value of 17,213 millions (Market Cap 7,358 millions). YTL Corp dividend per share is 0.03 MYR, and his stock market price 1.57 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, YTL Corp has a dividend yield of 1.91%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare YTL Corp stocks dividend with other Gas Water and Multiutilities companies or other of the best Malaysia dividend stocks list.

YTL Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of YTL Corp to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.03 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.91%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). YTL Corp payout on ernings is currently 30.00%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that YTL Corpcan 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 YTL Corp is MYR 0.45 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.03, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of YTL Corp, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Utilities industry and Gas Water and Multiutilities sector companies.

YTL Corp Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.91%	0.03	30.00%	10,964
2022	5.17%	0.03	50.00%	10,964
2021	4.31%	0.02	-66.67%	10,964
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	10,606
2019	4.08%	0.04	200.00%	10,569
2018	3.96%	0.04	100.00%	10,746
2017	3.58%	0.05	55.56%	10,528
2016	6.60%	0.10	100.00%	10,419
2015	6.01%	0.09	90.00%	10,419

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of YTL Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Malaysia stocks and that of the Gas Water and Multiutilities stocks.

YTL Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth YTL Corp showed a return of 34.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 166.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Gas Water and Multiutilities firms.