Acer Dividend yield

Acer is part of Technology Hardware and Equip. business, which is part of Technology industry. Acer is a company from Taiwan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Acer stock dividend

Acer paid a total dividend of 4,572 million TWD last year, for a market value of 111,557 millions (Market Cap 103,977 millions). Acer dividend per share is 1.50 TWD, and his stock market price 36.60 TWD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Acer has a dividend yield of 4.10%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Taiwan. It is also bigger than average of Technology 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 Acer stocks dividend with other Technology Hardware and Equip. companies or other of the high Taiwan dividend stocks list.

Acer Dividend Payout

About the ability of Acer to maintain his current dividend of TWD 1.50 per share, an amount that accounts for 4.10%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Acer payout on ernings is currently 85.71%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures show that Acer 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 Acer is TWD 2.09 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of TWD 1.50, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Acer, compared againt world market average, Taiwan companies, Technology industry and Technology Hardware and Equip. sector companies.

Acer Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	TWD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	4.10%	1.50	85.71%	3,048
2022	9.68%	2.28	61.96%	3,048
2021	4.93%	1.50	72.46%	3,048
2020	6.54%	1.55	161.46%	3,075
2019	4.31%	0.77	68.14%	3,075
2018	3.60%	0.70	64.22%	3,077
2017	2.07%	0.50	-37.59%	3,077
2016	3.70%	0.50	102.04%	3,079
2015	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	3,079

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Acer dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Taiwan stocks and that of the Technology Hardware and Equip. stocks.

Acer Stock performance

Finally, last moth Acer showed a return of 4.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 66.40% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Taiwan and Technology Hardware and Equip. firms.