Empresas CMPC S.A. Dividend yield

Empresas CMPC S.A. is part of Forestry and Paper business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Empresas CMPC S.A. is a company from Chile, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Empresas CMPC S.A. stock dividend

Empresas CMPC S.A. paid a total dividend of 514,700 million CLP last year, for a market value of 3,870,000 millions (Market Cap 1,853,303 millions). Empresas CMPC S.A. dividend per share is 205.88 CLP, and his stock market price 1,548.00 CLP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Empresas CMPC S.A. has a dividend yield of 13.30%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Chile. 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 Empresas CMPC S.A. stocks dividend with other Forestry and Paper companies or other of the highest Chile dividend stocks list.

Empresas CMPC S.A. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Empresas CMPC S.A. to maintain his current dividend of CLP 205.88 per share, an amount that accounts for 13.30%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Empresas CMPC S.A. payout on ernings is currently 58.52%, 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 Empresas CMPC S.A. 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 Empresas CMPC S.A. is CLP 203.68 per share, which is lower than the dividend per share paid by the company of CLP 205.88, so the company does not generate enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Empresas CMPC S.A., compared againt world market average, Chile companies, Basic Materials industry and Forestry and Paper sector companies.

Empresas CMPC S.A. Dividend History

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

Year	Yield	CLP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	13.30%	205.88	58.52%	2,500
2022	11.96%	169.34	101.66%	2,500
2021	12.06%	172.22	0.00%	2,500
2020	0.72%	13.46	53.69%	2,500
2019	3.04%	55.94	43.17%	2,500
2018	1.41%	31.11	113.96%	2,500
2017	0.06%	1.25	0.00%	2,500
2016	1.01%	14.00	0.00%	2,478
2015	0.69%	10.27	32.01%	2,478

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Empresas CMPC S.A. dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Chile stocks and that of the Forestry and Paper stocks.

Empresas CMPC S.A. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Empresas CMPC S.A. showed a return of -6.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -8.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Chile and Forestry and Paper firms.