Yanbu National Petro Dividend yield

Yanbu National Petro is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Yanbu National Petro is a company from Saudi Arabia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Yanbu National Petro stock dividend

Yanbu National Petro paid a total dividend of 1,267 million SAR last year, for a market value of 23,815 millions (Market Cap 11,659 millions). Yanbu National Petro dividend per share is 2.25 SAR, and his stock market price 42.30 SAR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Yanbu National Petro has a dividend yield of 5.32%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Saudi Arabia. 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 Yanbu National Petro stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the best Saudi Arabia dividend stocks list.

Yanbu National Petro Dividend Payout

About the ability of Yanbu National Petro to maintain his current dividend of SAR 2.25 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.32%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Yanbu National Petro payout on ernings is currently 304.05%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures show that Yanbu National Petro 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 Yanbu National Petro is SAR 3.33 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of SAR 2.25, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Yanbu National Petro, compared againt world market average, Saudi Arabia companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Yanbu National Petro Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	SAR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.32%	2.25	304.05%	563
2022	7.21%	3.00	109.49%	563
2021	4.00%	2.75	227.27%	563
2020	4.69%	3.00	153.85%	563
2019	6.71%	3.75	87.21%	563

*In millions

Yanbu National Petro Stock performance

Finally, last moth Yanbu National Petro showed a return of -7.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -15.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Saudi Arabia and Chemicals firms.