Smiths News (Smiths News) Dividends per Share : $1.01 (TTM As of Aug. 2023)

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What is Smiths News Dividends per Share?

Smiths News's dividends per share for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.36. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was $1.01. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.29. As of today, Smiths News's Dividend Yield % is 0.00%.

During the past 12 months, Smiths News's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 61.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 61.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Smiths News was 61.30% per year. The lowest was -62.90% per year. And the median was 3.00% per year.

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Smiths News Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Smiths News Dividends per Share Chart

Smiths News Annual Data

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Aug23

Dividends per Share

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0.26

0.14

0.61

1.05

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Dividends per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.14	0.31	0.33	0.65	0.36

Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's Dividends per Share

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Smiths News's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths News's Dividend Yield % falls into.

Smiths News Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.

Smiths News (OTCPK:SMWPY) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Smiths News's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Aug. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Aug. 2023 )
	=	0.358	/	1.245
	=	0.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Smiths News was 1.05. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.45.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Smiths News Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount	Ex-date	Record Date	Pay Date	Type	Frequency	Forex Rate
USD 0.693	2024-01-11	2024-01-12	2024-02-23	Cash Dividend	semi-annually	USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.356	2023-06-08	2023-06-09	2023-07-21	Cash Dividend	semi-annually	USD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Smiths News's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %	=	Most Recent Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	1.049	/	4.13
	=	25.40 %

Current Share Price is $4.13.
Smiths News's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.049.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Smiths News was 35.29%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 5.84%.

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Address

Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH

Website

https://www.smithsnews.co.uk

Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.