Axiata Group Bhd Dividend yield

Axiata Group Bhd is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Axiata Group Bhd is a company from Malaysia, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Axiata Group Bhd paid a total dividend of 916 million MYR last year, for a market value of 34,732 millions (Market Cap 17,018 millions). Dividend per share of Axiata Group Bhd is 0.10 MYR, and his stock market price 3.79 MYR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Axiata Group Bhd has a dividend yield of 2.51%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Malaysia. It is also lower than average of Telecommunications industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Axiata Group Bhd dividend yield with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or firms from Malaysia.

Axiata Group Bhd Dividend Payout

About the ability of Axiata Group Bhd to maintain his current dividend of MYR 0.10 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.51%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Axiata Group Bhd payout on ernings is currently 55.56%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 38.25% and 43.81% respectively. Both figures show that Axiata Group Bhd 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 Axiata Group Bhd is MYR 0.97 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MYR 0.10, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Axiata Group Bhd, compared againt world market average, Malaysia companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

Axiata Group Bhd Dividend History

Year	Yield	MYR	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.51%	0.10	55.56%	9,164
2021	2.16%	0.09	69.23%	9,164
2020	1.60%	0.06	25.00%	9,164
2019	2.29%	0.09	-24.32%	9,078
2018	2.16%	0.08	38.10%	9,049
2017	1.46%	0.08	61.54%	8,974
2016	4.06%	0.17	58.62%	8,926
2015	3.59%	0.22	81.48%	8,703

*In millions

Axiata Group Bhd Stock performance

Finally, last moth Axiata Group Bhd showed a return of -3.60% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 2.24% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 3.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Malaysia and Mobile Telecommunications firms.