During the past 12 months, MVC Capital's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.00% per year.
During the past 10 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 MVC Capital was 75.80% per year. The lowest was -29.50% per year. And the median was 4.00% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of MVC Capital's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Asset Management subindustry, MVC Capital'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.
MVC Capital's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, MVC Capital's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MVC Capital's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
MVC Capital Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
MVC Capital (NYSE:MVC) 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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MVC Capital, Inc. is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. It provides equity and debt investment capital to fund growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of small and middle-market companies in a variety of industries located in the United States. The company's investment objective is to seek to maximize total return from capital appreciation and/or income. Its operating segment includes MVC Cayman and MVC Turf. The company generates maximum revenue from the MVC Cayman segment. It has investments in various sectors, including energy, specialty chemicals, automotive dealerships, electrical engineering, medical devices, industrial manufacturing, financial services, and information technology.
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