As of today (2023-09-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Safaricom is 8.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Safaricom's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
NAI:SCOM' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57 Med: 3.69 Max: 10.04
Current: 8
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Safaricom was 10.04%. The lowest was 1.57%. And the median was 3.69%.
NAI:SCOM's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
87.5% of 224 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.01 vs NAI:SCOM: 8.00
Safaricom's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was 0.76.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Safaricom PLC is 0.83, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Safaricom was 1.41. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 0.69.
As of today (2023-09-23), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Safaricom is 8.00%.
Safaricom's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was KES0.58.
During the past 12 months, Safaricom's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -14.70% per year.During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year.During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.30% per year.During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 22.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Safaricom was 66.10% per year. The lowest was -1.60% per year. And the median was 19.85% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Safaricom Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Safaricom'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.
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| Safaricom Annual Data | |||||||||||
| Trend | Mar14 | Mar15 | Mar16 | Mar17 | Mar18 | Mar19 | Mar20 | Mar21 | Mar22 | Mar23 | |
| Dividend Yield % |  | | | | | 3.99 | 4.73 | 5.10 | 4.57 | 7.35 | |
| Safaricom Semi-Annual Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sep13 | Mar14 | Sep14 | Mar15 | Sep15 | Mar16 | Sep16 | Mar17 | Sep17 | Mar18 | Sep18 | Mar19 | Sep19 | Mar20 | Sep20 | Mar21 | Sep21 | Mar22 | Sep22 | Mar23 | |
| Dividend Yield % | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.10 | 3.29 | 4.57 | 5.57 | 7.35 |
Competitive Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Safaricom'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.
Safaricom Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Safaricom's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Safaricom's Dividend Yield % falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Dividend Yield %'s extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Safaricom Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Safaricom Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
| Amount | Ex-date | Record Date | Pay Date | Type | Frequency | Forex Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KES 0.620 | 2023-07-31 | 2023-07-28 | 2023-08-31 | Cash Dividend | semi-annually | KES:KES 1.000000 |
| KES 0.580 | 2023-03-16 | 2023-03-15 | 2023-03-31 | 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.
Safaricom's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | = | Most Recent Full Year Dividend | / | Current Share Price |
| = | 1.2 | / | 15.00 | |
| = | 8.00 % |
Current Share Price is KES15.00.
Safaricom's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is KES1.2.
Safaricom's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
| Forward Annual Dividend Yield | = | Forward Full Year Dividend | / | Current Share Price |
| = | 1.24 | / | 15.00 | |
| = | 8.27 % |
Current Share Price is KES15.00.
Safaricom's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as KES0.62 * 2 = KES1.24.
* 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.
Safaricom(NAI:SCOM) 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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Safaricom (NAI:SCOM) Business Description
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Safaricom House, Waiyaki Way, P.O. Box 66827, Westlands, Nairobi, KEN, 00800
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Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers.
