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Manulife Financial (Manulife Financial) Forward Dividend Yield % : 5.02% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Manulife Financial Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Manulife Financial is 5.02%.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Manulife Financial is 4.77%.

MFC's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
68.83% of 385 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.8 vs MFC: 5.02

Manulife Financial's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.27.

During the past 12 months, Manulife Financial's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Manulife Financial was 25.10% per year. The lowest was -19.60% per year. And the median was 10.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Competitive Comparison of Manulife Financial's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Manulife Financial'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.


Manulife Financial's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Manulife Financial's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Manulife Financial Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Manulife Financial Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 0.4002024-02-272024-02-282024-03-19Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.737028
CAD 0.3652023-11-212023-11-222023-12-19Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.735998
CAD 0.3652023-08-222023-08-232023-09-19Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.738607
CAD 0.3652023-05-232023-05-242023-06-19Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.735943

* 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.

Manulife Financial's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.1792448/23.37
=5.05 %

Current Share Price is $23.37.
Manulife Financial's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.2948112 * 4 = $1.1792448.

Manulife Financial's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.10166122/23.37
=4.71 %

Current Share Price is $23.37.
Manulife Financial's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.10166122.

* 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.


Manulife Financial  (NYSE:MFC) 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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Manulife Financial (Manulife Financial) Business Description

Address
200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, ON, CAN, M4W 1E5
Manulife Financial provides life insurance, annuities, and asset management products to individuals and group customers in Canada, the United States, and Asia. Its investment management business contributes approximately 20% of its earnings and has around CAD 1.35 trillion in assets under management and administration as of June 30, 2023. The U.S. business, which primarily operates under the John Hancock brand, contributes about 30% of earnings and is mainly focused on providing insurance products for estate, business, and income protection. The Asia segment provides insurance products and insurance-based wealth accumulation products in over 11 countries and contributes around 30% of earnings. The Canadian business segment contributes approximately 20% of earnings.