China Telecom (China Telecom) Dividend Yield % : 6.09% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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What is China Telecom Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of China Telecom is 6.09%.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Telecom's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

CHA' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.59 Med: 2.9 Max: 12.15
Current: 6.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of China Telecom was 12.15%. The lowest was 1.59%. And the median was 2.90%.

CHA's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
66.96% of 224 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.08 vs CHA: 6.09

China Telecom's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of China Telecom Corp Ltd is 0.72, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of China Telecom was 0.97. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.38.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of China Telecom is 6.09%.

China Telecom's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, China Telecom's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -25.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 22.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of China Telecom was 38.50% per year. The lowest was -0.80% per year. And the median was 4.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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China Telecom Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Dividend Yield %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.

China Telecom's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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China Telecom Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) 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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China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.