As of today (2024-04-27), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Mercury NZ is 0.00%.
As of today (2024-04-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Mercury NZ is 0.00%.
MGHTF's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 3.47 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Forward Dividend Yield % only.
During the past 12 months, Mercury NZ's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year.
During the past 11 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Mercury NZ was 9.70% per year. The lowest was 2.80% per year. And the median was 3.40% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison of Mercury NZ's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Mercury NZ'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.
Mercury NZ's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Mercury NZ's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Mercury NZ's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Mercury NZ Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Mercury NZ Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
NZD 0.093
2024-03-13
2024-03-14
2024-04-02
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
NZD:USD 0.608273
NZD 0.131
2023-09-13
2023-09-14
2023-09-29
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
NZD:USD 0.593120
* 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.
Mercury NZ's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.134268109
/
4.14
=
3.24 %
Current Share Price is $4.14. Mercury NZ's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.134268109.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * 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.
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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Mercury NZ (formerly Mighty River Power) generates more than 15% of New Zealand's electricity and is one of the four major electricity generators and suppliers in the country. All electricity is generated from renewable sources, which makes it one of the lowest-cost providers of electricity. The company operates nine hydro stations and five geothermal power plants in the North Island and some wind farms. Mercury sells electricity to residential and commercial customers and has the largest share of the key Auckland market.
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