As of today (2024-04-16), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Big Lots is 0.00%.
As of today (2024-04-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Big Lots is 8.59%.
BIG's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.77 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Forward Dividend Yield % only.
Big Lots's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Oct. 2023 was $0.00.
During the past 12 months, Big Lots's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -50.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Big Lots was 25.20% per year. The lowest was 6.30% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Big Lots's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward 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.
Big Lots Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Big Lots's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Big Lots's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Big Lots Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Big Lots Inc is principally engaged in operating discount retail stores. The company provides a broad range of merchandise, including food, consumables, soft home products, hard home products, furniture, electronics and accessories, and seasonal products. The company sources the merchandise from traditional and close-out channels. In addition to merchandise, the company sells gift cards, issues merchandise credits, and more. The company operates stores throughout the United States, with around one-third of its stores in California, Texas, Ohio, and Florida.
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