Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Dividend Payout Ratio : 1.02 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Safaricom Dividend Payout Ratio?

Safaricom's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.02.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Safaricom PLC is 0.98, which seems too high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NAI:SCOM' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5 Med: 0.81 Max: 1.41
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Safaricom was 1.41. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 0.81.

NAI:SCOM's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
77.17% of 184 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.54 vs NAI:SCOM: 0.98

As of today (2024-05-27), the Dividend Yield % of Safaricom is 6.59%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Safaricom was 11.42%. The lowest was 1.57%. And the median was 3.88%.

Safaricom's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was KES0.55.

During the past 12 months, Safaricom's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -12.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -14.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Safaricom was 66.10% per year. The lowest was -14.20% per year. And the median was 19.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Safaricom Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Safaricom Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Safaricom Annual Data

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Mar17

Mar18

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Mar20

Mar21

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Mar24

Dividend Payout Ratio

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0.71

1.08

0.92

0.97

0.95

Safaricom Semi-Annual Data
	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23	Mar24
Dividend Payout Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.82	0.94	1.03	0.94	1.02

Competitive Comparison of Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Safaricom Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Mar. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Mar. 2024 )
	=	1.17	/	1.236
	=	0.95

Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	0.55	/	0.538
	=	1.02

Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Business Description

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Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, P.O. Box 66827, Westlands, Nairobi, KEN, 00800

Website

https://www.safaricom.co.ke

Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers.