Touchstar Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 2/6
Touchstar is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 4.52%. Next payment date is on 20th November, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 23rd October, 2025.
Key information
4.5%
Dividend yield
0.3%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 4.8% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 4.6% |
| Dividend Growth | n/a |
| Next dividend pay date | 20 Nov 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 23 Oct 25 |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 738% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Touchstar (LON:TST) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0175
Sep 19
Is Touchstar plc (LON:TST) Potentially Undervalued?
Mar 12Why Investors Shouldn't Be Surprised By Touchstar plc's (LON:TST) Low P/E
Jan 06Should You Investigate Touchstar plc (LON:TST) At UK£1.00?
Nov 11Should You Investigate Touchstar plc (LON:TST) At UK£1.08?
Aug 09Is There Now An Opportunity In Touchstar plc (LON:TST)?
Apr 19With EPS Growth And More, Touchstar (LON:TST) Makes An Interesting Case
Jul 27These 4 Measures Indicate That Touchstar (LON:TST) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well
Oct 14Touchstar (LON:TST) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
May 12Upcoming Dividend Payment
Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: Whilst dividend payments have been stable, TST has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.
Growing Dividend: TST's dividend payments have increased, but the company has only paid a dividend for 2 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Touchstar Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (TST) | 4.5% |
| Market Bottom 25% (GB) | 2.1% |
| Market Top 25% (GB) | 5.4% |
| Industry Average (Communications) | 1.9% |
| Analyst forecast (TST) (up to 3 years) | 4.6% |
Notable Dividend: TST's dividend (4.52%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (2.07%).
High Dividend: TST's dividend (4.52%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (5.41%).
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (738.1%), TST's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonably low cash payout ratio (41.3%), TST's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/10/09 03:20 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/10/09 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Touchstar plc is covered by 2 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Charlie Cullen | WH Ireland Limited |
| John Stephen Cummins | Zeus Capital Limited |