Malayan Banking Berhad’s (KLSE:MAYBANK) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

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Malayan Banking Berhad’s (KLSE:MAYBANK) Shareholders Will Receive A ******* Dividend Than Last Year

The board of Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE:MAYBANK) has announced that it will be paying its dividend of MYR0.32 on the 26th of March, an increased payment from last year’s comparable dividend. Based on this payment, the dividend yield for the company will be 5.8%, which is fairly typical for the industry.

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We aren’t too impressed by dividend yields unless they can be sustained over time.

Having distributed dividends for at least 10 years, Malayan Banking Berhad has a long history of paying out a part of its earnings to shareholders. Taking data from its last earnings report, calculating for the company’s payout ratio shows 73%, which means that Malayan Banking Berhad would be able to pay its last dividend without pressure on the balance sheet.

Looking forward, EPS is forecast to rise by 15.2% over the next 3 years. Analysts forecast the future payout ratio could be 73% over the same time horizon, which is a number we think the company can maintain.

KLSE:MAYBANK Historic Dividend March 5th 2025

The company has a long dividend track record, but it doesn’t look great with cuts in the past. The annual payment during the last 10 years was MYR0.535 in 2015, and the most recent fiscal year payment was MYR0.61. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 1.3% over that duration. We’re glad to see the dividend has risen, but with a limited rate of growth and fluctuations in the payments the total shareholder return may be limited.

Given that the dividend has been cut in the past, we need to check if earnings are growing and if that might lead to stronger dividends in the future. However, Malayan Banking Berhad has only grown its earnings per share at 2.6% per annum over the past five years. There are exceptions, but limited earnings growth and a high payout ratio can signal that a company has reached maturity. When a company prefers to pay out cash to its shareholders instead of reinvesting it, this can often say a lot about that company’s dividend prospects.

In summary, it’s great to see that the company can raise the dividend and keep it in a sustainable range. The payout ratio looks good, but unfortunately the company’s dividend track record isn’t stellar. The dividend looks okay, but there have been some issues in the past, so we would be a little bit cautious.

Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Taking the debate a bit further, we’ve identified

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