Ambuja Cements Dividend yield

Ambuja Cements is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Ambuja Cements is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ambuja Cements stock dividend

Ambuja Cements paid a total dividend of 4,925 million INR last year, for a market value of 850,802 millions (Market Cap 313,232 millions). Ambuja Cements dividend per share is 2.48 INR, and his stock market price 428.40 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ambuja Cements has a dividend yield of 0.58%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ambuja Cements stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the high India dividend stocks list.

Ambuja Cements Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ambuja Cements to maintain his current dividend of INR 2.48 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.58%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ambuja Cements payout on ernings is currently 24.20%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Ambuja Cementscan 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 Ambuja Cements is INR 5.31 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 2.48, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ambuja Cements, compared againt world market average, India companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Ambuja Cements Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ambuja Cements'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	0.58%	2.48	24.20%	1,986
2022	1.20%	6.29	44.64%	1,986
2021	4.77%	18.01	150.71%	1,986
2020	7.43%	18.49	183.61%	1,986
2019	0.76%	1.49	13.51%	1,986
2018	1.60%	3.60	47.00%	1,986
2017	1.03%	2.80	14.10%	1,986
2016	1.33%	2.80	68.80%	1,986
2015	2.41%	4.79	50.10%	1,552

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ambuja Cements dividend stock, and compare it with the average of India stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

Ambuja Cements Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ambuja Cements showed a return of -7.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 4.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Construction and Materials firms.