Zara Founder Will Receive 1.62 billion Euros Dividend this Year

Inditex's founder and largest shareholder, Amancio Ortega, has received more than 813 million euros in dividends from Zara's group. On May 2, shareholders such as Amancio Ortega received a dividend of 0.44 euros per share, which is the first dividend of Inditex shareholders this year.

For the whole year, the Spanish YOOX Promotion Code fashion tycoon Amancio Ortega will receive 1.62 billion euros (about 12.29 billion yuan, 7.58) from Inditex's dividend this year, nearly 300 million euros more than he did in 2018.

According to the announcement of the company in early May, the board of directors proposed to re-negotiate the new dividend policy in July next year. The dividend for this year will be increased to 0.88 euros. (0.88 euros per share: 0.66 euros for ordinary dividends and 0.22 euros for special dividends).

However, Zara's parent company Inditex Group's performance growth has slowed significantly. From the 2016 fiscal year, the Inditex Group's profitability has been shrinking, and the huge physical store has become the biggest burden.

In December 2017, the Inditex Group announced that it had signed a leaseback agreement with buyers to sell 16 stores in Spain and Portugal. The total transaction amounted to approximately US$472 million and began to slow down the pace of opening stores.

In March of this year, Inditex Group's 2018 report showed that annual sales increased by only 3% to 26.1 billion euros, and net profit rose by 12% year-on-year to 3.4 billion euros.

Inditex reported a 27% increase in online during the reporting period. By the end of FY 2019, the Group expects sales growth to remain 4%-6%, and continues to increase online investment, while introducing a more advanced logistics system.

Inditex's overall network sales accounted for 12% of total sales, and its average sales in the US accounted for 27%. Consumers' desire for new clothing may be weakening.

More interesting is that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) also released a report earlier this month, which raised the target price of Inditex stock from 30 euros to 31 euros per share, which means that it may be heavy on the basis of 17%. estimate.

The move was strongly opposed by the market, Morgan Stanley analysts stressed in a market report that the Inditex Group extended the life of assets, increased the cost of capitalized information technology and rewritten the regulations.

In addition, the analyst at the Bank of America pointed out that Inditex's profits outside Europe are less than 20%, and three of the top five apparel markets in the world have very low profit margins.

As of the 2nd, Inditex shares have risen 18%. According to FactSheet, the relevant earnings forecast fell by 1.6%. Founder Amancio Ortega has a 59.294% stake, equivalent to 1.848 billion shares, and is the largest shareholder of Inditex.

In FY2017, the group distributed a dividend of more than 2.3 billion euros, of which a medium-term ordinary dividend of 0.375 euros per share was paid in May 2018. On November 2, a Dacoz common dividend of 0.165 euros per share and a special dividend of 0.210 euros per share. Dividends and a final dividend of 0.375 euros per share have also been paid.

In 2017, Amancio Ortega, which holds 59.294% of the Inditex Group, received a dividend of 1.396 billion euros, which was 1.256 billion euros in the fiscal year 2016, an increase of 10.4%.