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Agrium (Agrium) Forward Dividend Yield % : 3.04% (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Agrium Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-12), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Agrium is 3.04%.

As of today (2024-05-12), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Agrium is 3.04%.

AGU's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 2.795 vs AGU: 3.04

Agrium's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $0.88.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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


Competitive Comparison of Agrium's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Agrium'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.


Agrium's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Agrium's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Agrium Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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


Agrium  (NYSE:AGU) 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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Agrium (Agrium) Business Description

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With more than 1,400 retail centers, Canada-based Agrium is the largest agricultural retailer in the United States, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, and seed directly to farm customers. The company's wholesale business produces and markets the three main crop nutrients--nitrogen, potash, and phosphate--with natural resources located mainly in Canada and the United States. The bulk of Agrium's sales are generated in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

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