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Delhaize Group (Delhaize Group) Forward Dividend Yield % : 1.78% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Delhaize Group Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Delhaize Group is 1.78%.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Delhaize Group is 1.78%.

DEG's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.8 vs DEG: 1.78

Delhaize Group's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2016 was $0.00.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of Delhaize Group's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Delhaize Group'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.


Delhaize Group's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Delhaize Group's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Delhaize Group's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Delhaize Group Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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


Delhaize Group  (NYSE:DEG) 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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Delhaize Group (Delhaize Group) Business Description

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Delhaize Group SA was founded in Belgium in 1867. It operates food supermarkets. Its conducts its retail operations through its businesses in the United States; Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, collectively as Delhaize Belgium; Greece, Romania and Serbia, collectively as Southeastern Europe; and Indonesia. Its store network also includes other store formats such as proximity, cash and carry and specialty stores. Its competitors include international, national, regional and local supermarket chains, supercenters, independent grocery stores, specialty food stores, warehouse club stores, retail drug chains, convenience stores, membership clubs, general merchandisers, discount retailers and restaurants. Food retail chains generally compete on the basis of location, quality of products, service, price, product variety, store condition and e-commerce offer. The Company's brands include Delhaize, Taste of Inspirations, 365, Care, Delhaize Eco and Delhaize Bio.