Orient TelecomsLSE:ORNT Shareholder Yield % is 4.50% as of Sep. 2025, which is at its 10-year median of 4.50. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 361 Telecommunication Services companies, Orient Telecoms ranks better than 65.65% on this metric.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return.
As of today, Orient Telecoms's Shareholder Yield % was 4.50%.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."
Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.
Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.
Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.
Orient Telecoms Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Orient Telecoms Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Orient Telecoms's Shareholder 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.
LSE:ORNT vs TMUS, VZ, T: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Orient Telecoms's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder 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.
Orient Telecoms Shareholder Yield % vs Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Orient Telecoms's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Orient Telecoms's Shareholder Yield % falls into.
* 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.
* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.
Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT) has a Shareholder Yield % of 4.50% as of Sep. 2025. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Orient Telecoms and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 4.50. According to the industry distribution chart, Orient Telecoms ranks #124 out of 361 companies in the Telecommunication Services industry, placing it in the top 34.3%.
Is Orient Telecoms' Shareholder Yield % too high?
Orient Telecoms' current Shareholder Yield % of 4.50% is near median its 10-year median of 4.50. The Telecommunication Services industry median Shareholder Yield % is 1.73. Orient Telecoms' value of 4.50% is 160.1% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Orient Telecoms ranks #124 out of 361 companies in the Telecommunication Services industry, which is above the industry midpoint.
How does Orient Telecoms' Shareholder Yield % compare to TMUS and VZ?
According to the Telecommunication Services industry distribution chart, Orient Telecoms ranks #124 out of 361 companies for Shareholder Yield %. This puts Orient Telecoms in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 1.73. Orient Telecoms' value of 4.50% is 160.1% above this benchmark. While the company's 10-year median is 4.50 vs. the industry median of 1.73, Orient Telecoms has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Shareholder Yield % for a Telecommunication Services company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Telecommunication Services companies is 1.73, based on 361 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Shareholder Yield % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Shareholder Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Orient Telecoms's current Shareholder Yield % of 4.50% is 160.1% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Shareholder Yield % mean?
A high Shareholder Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Orient Telecoms and its competitors. For the Telecommunication Services industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 1.73 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Orient Telecoms's current Shareholder Yield % is 4.50%, which is near median its own 10-year median of 4.50. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Orient Telecoms stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is £0.04, compared to a current price of £0.04 — trading right at its estimated fair value. The current Shareholder Yield % is 4.50%, which is near median its 10-year median of 4.50 and 160.1% above the Telecommunication Services industry median of 1.73. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Shareholder Yield % calculated?
Shareholder Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT), the current Shareholder Yield % is 4.50% as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Orient Telecoms PLC is a provider of managed connectivity services, catering to both large telecommunication companies and enterprise customers. It provides managed telecommunications services using the network infrastructure owned by other network operators to enable cost-effective and rapid connectivity to large bandwidth consumers in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. The company operates in a single segment, the provision of managed telecommunications services. Geographically, it derives the majority of its revenue from Malaysia.
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