Singtel jumps 3.6% on S$0.10 per share dividend, S$2 billion share buyback plan
As at 11.21 am, the counter climbed to S$3.99, 3.6 per cent or S$0.14 higher than its Wednesday closing price of S$3.85, with 30.1 million shares changing hands, ShareInvestor data showed. This is the highest price Singtel shares have risen to in more than five years – the last time this happened was in 2017.
By 1.24 pm, the counter had eased back down to S$3.96, still up by 2.9 per cent or S$0.11, with 35.3 million shares transacted.
On Thursday, Singtel returned to the black with S$2.8 billion net profit for its second half ended March. The telco proposed a final dividend of S$0.10 per share.
It also disclosed plans to repurchase S$2 billion worth of shares in the open market as part of its capital management strategy; this maiden share buyback programme will be executed over three years, until FY2028.
Repurchased shares will be cancelled, and funding for the programme will be underpinned by excess capital from Singtel's asset-recycling proceeds.
Under its Singtel28 growth plan, the company is raising to S$9 billion its mid-term asset-recycling target that it set at S$6 billion in May 2024.
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