If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Nestle Malaysia Bhd is 0.93, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Nestle Malaysia Bhd was 1.21. The lowest was 0.91. And the median was 0.98.
During the past 12 months, Nestle Malaysia Bhd's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Nestle Malaysia Bhd was 19.20% per year. The lowest was -5.50% per year. And the median was 3.95% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Nestle Malaysia Bhd Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nestle Malaysia Bhd'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 Nestle Malaysia Bhd's Dividend Yield %
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Nestle Malaysia Bhd'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.
Nestle Malaysia Bhd's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Nestle Malaysia Bhd's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nestle Malaysia Bhd's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Nestle Malaysia Bhd Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Nestle Malaysia Bhd Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
MYR 1.280000
2024-04-17
2024-04-18
2024-05-16
Cash Dividend
quarterly
MYR:USD 0.209753
MYR 0.700000
2023-11-17
2023-11-20
2023-12-14
Cash Dividend
quarterly
MYR:USD 0.214578
MYR 0.700000
2023-09-05
2023-09-06
2023-10-05
Cash Dividend
quarterly
MYR:USD 0.212981
* 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.
Nestle Malaysia Bhd's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
* 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.
Nestle Malaysia Bhd (OTCPK:NSLYF) 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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Nestle Malaysia Bhd (Nestle Malaysia Bhd) Business Description
Nestle Malaysia Bhd is a Malaysian investment holding company owned by Nestle. The business activities of the group are functioned through Food and beverages and Others segments. The products offered by the group are related to dairy, beverages, food, Nestle Professional, Nestle Ice Cream, confectionery, chilled dairy, infant nutrition, and health science. The main geography is the domestic market, representing approximately 80% of total sales. The most well-known brands are Nescafe, Maggi, Nespray, Kit Kat, and Milo.
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