What happened?

I came across an interesting discussion on SIA’s dividends recently. After we compared OCBC’s dividend yield with DBS and OCBC’s dividend yield, I saw a comment in the Beansprout community about SIA’s dividend yield. SIA’s ability to maintain its dividends has come into focus after the recent headlines that SIA’s dividend capacity may be impacted if it injects more than expected funds into Air India.  Air India, which is partly owned by SIA, recently announced a larger than expected annual loss of S$3 billion. With the special dividend that was paid out by SIA recently, many investors are naturally worried about what this may mean for its future payouts.  In this article, we look at what Air India’s capital raising could mean for SIA shareholders and its dividends. Source: SIA

SIA has a 25.1% stake in Air India, which saw significant losses

Singapore Airlines (SIA) owns a...