As of today (2024-05-11), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Essity AB is 2.78%.
As of today (2024-05-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Essity AB is 2.78%.
OSTO:ESSITY B's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 56.52% of 1081
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.46
vs OSTO:ESSITY B: 2.78
During the past 12 months, Essity AB's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.
During the past 11 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Essity AB was 6.80% per year. The lowest was 5.10% per year. And the median was 5.50% 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 Essity AB's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Essity AB'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.
Essity AB's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Essity AB's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Essity AB's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Essity AB Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Essity AB Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
SEK 7.750000
2024-03-22
2024-03-25
2024-03-28
Cash Dividend
annually
SEK:SEK 1.000000
* 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.
Essity AB's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
7.75
/
279.10
=
2.78 %
Current Share Price is kr279.10. Essity AB's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as kr7.75 * 1 = kr7.75.
Essity AB's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
7.75
/
279.10
=
2.78 %
Current Share Price is kr279.10. Essity AB's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is kr7.75.
* 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.
Essity AB (OSTO:ESSITY B) 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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Essity is a health and hygiene company spun out of Svenska Cellulosa in June 2017. Essity's products span the feminine-care, baby-care, toilet paper, facial tissue, and wet wipes categories, as well as hand soap, hand sanitizers, and tissue dispensers for institutional customers. Essity also offers medical solutions in the form of wound care, orthopedics, and compression therapy, accounting for 7% of net sales in fiscal 2021. Essity operates in 150 markets and generates over 50% of its revenue in Europe, although it also maintains significant exposure to emerging markets (38% of net sales in 2021).
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