If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of East African Breweries PLC is 0.89, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of East African Breweries was 1.64. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.75.
During the past 12 months, East African Breweries's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 193.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of East African Breweries was 45.80% per year. The lowest was -22.30% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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East African Breweries Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for East African Breweries's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of East African Breweries's Dividend Yield %
For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, East African Breweries's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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.
East African Breweries's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry
For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, East African Breweries's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where East African Breweries's Dividend Yield % falls into.
East African Breweries Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
East African Breweries Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
KES 1.000000
2024-02-19
2024-02-16
2024-04-26
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
KES:KES 1.000000
KES 1.750000
2023-09-15
2023-09-14
2023-10-27
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
KES:KES 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
East African Breweries (NAI:EABL) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
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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East African Breweries (NAI:EABL) Business Description
East African Breweries PLC is a branded alcohol beverage company. The firm and its subsidiaries are involved in the marketing, production, and distribution of a collection of brands that range from beer, spirits, and adult non-alcoholic drinks. The company has invested in breweries, distilleries, support industries, and a distribution network across the region. The firm derives its revenue primarily from brewing, marketing, and selling of drinks, malt and barley. Its geographical segments include Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, of which the majority of the revenue is generated from Kenya.
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