Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Dividend Payout Ratio : 0.83 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Ceylon Cold Stores Dividend Payout Ratio?

Ceylon Cold Stores's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.83.

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

COL:CCS.N0000' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45 Med: 0.63 Max: 1
Current: 0.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Ceylon Cold Stores was 1.00. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.63.

COL:CCS.N0000's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
63.64% of 66 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 0.44 vs COL:CCS.N0000: 0.52

As of today (2024-05-26), the Dividend Yield % of Ceylon Cold Stores is 3.73%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Ceylon Cold Stores was 29.74%. The lowest was 1.51%. And the median was 2.92%.

Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was රු1.43.

During the past 12 months, Ceylon Cold Stores's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 57.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Ceylon Cold Stores was 122.40% per year. The lowest was -16.00% per year. And the median was 4.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Ceylon Cold Stores Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Ceylon Cold Stores Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Ceylon Cold Stores Annual Data

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Mar24

Dividend Payout Ratio

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0.88

0.69

0.54

0.45

0.52

Ceylon Cold Stores Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Dividend Payout Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.55	1.30	-	-	0.83

Competitive Comparison of Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio data, can be viewed below:

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Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ceylon Cold Stores's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Ceylon Cold Stores Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

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

Ceylon Cold Stores'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 )
	=	1.869	/	3.622
	=	0.52

Ceylon Cold Stores'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 )
	=	1.426	/	1.71
	=	0.83

Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) 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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Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Business Description

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Address

No. 148, Vauxhall Street, Colombo, LKA, 02

Website

https://www.elephanthouse.lk

Ceylon Cold Stores PLC is a Sri Lankan company that is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of beverages and frozen confectionery. The company operates through two business segments namely Manufacturing and Supermarkets. It generates maximum revenue from the Supermarkets segment. The company offers carbonated soft drinks, including ginger beer, cream, and apple soda, raspberry flavored Necto, orange-flavored orange crush and orange barley, lemonade, dry ginger ale, and toni, bottled drinking water, energy drinks, and ice creams. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Sri Lanka.

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