The agricultural sector listed on the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) of Abidjan posted contrasting performances on Friday April 9, 2021. The information was relayed by the Ecofin Agency, which finds that the sector continues to be dynamic in the eyes of investors.

Good interim performances in 2020 give hope for a generous dividend distribution. The overall dividend yield, which for the moment is 0.9%, could quickly increase. It measures what investors would earn for each CFA franc invested in the shares of the companies that make it up.
This level of earnings per share is the lowest in the financial market common to member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), when compared to the returns of 9.48% that presented the services sector there. public. In short, it is the lowest dividend yield currently found on the BRVM. But this performance doesn't tell the whole story.

On a stock exchange, investors can measure their gains on dividend yields, but also on the capital gains generated by the shares they have purchased and which are perceptible through the evolution of the indices. From this point of view, the agricultural sector is unbeatable at the BRVM. Its index there has risen by 31% since the start of the year, and by 71.2% over the last 12 months. A potential gain more attractive than the dividend itself.