Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Forward Dividend Yield % : 1.71% (As of May. 05, 2024)

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What is Whole Foods Market Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-05), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Whole Foods Market is 1.71%.

As of today (2024-05-05), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Whole Foods Market is 1.42%.

WFM's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.86 vs WFM: 1.71

Whole Foods Market's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.18.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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

Competitive Comparison of Whole Foods Market's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Whole Foods Market'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.

Whole Foods Market's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Whole Foods Market's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Whole Foods Market Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Whole Foods Market (NAS:WFM) 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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Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market) Business Description

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Website

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com

Whole Foods Market is the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods by units and is the first certified organic grocer in the United States. Whole Foods' only operating segment consists of natural and organic foods supermarkets. As of fiscal 2016, the company had 456 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The average store size is about 39,000 square feet. About 15% of the company's sales were derived from the sale of private-label products. The company announced a pending acquisition by Amazon in June 2017.

Executives

Scott F Powers	director	STATE STREET CORPORATION, ONE LINCOLN STREET, BOSTON MA 02111
Sharon Mccollam	director	C/O OFFICEMAX INCORPORATED, 263 SHUMAN BLVD., NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Ken C Hicks	director	150 N. ORANGE GROVE BLVD, PASADENA CA 91103
Mary Ellen Coe	director	2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Gabrielle Sulzberger	director	450 LEXINGTON AVENUE, FLOOR 13, NEW YORK NY 10017
Glenda J Flanagan	officer: Executive Vice President	550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703
Joseph D Mansueto	director	C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 225 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Robb Walter E Iv	director	550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703
Ralph Z Sorenson	director	WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC. 550 BOWIE STREET AUSTIN TX 78703
William A Tindell	director	500 FREEPORT PARKWAY, COPPELL TX 75019
Green Equity Investors V, L.p.	other: See General Remarks.	11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Gei Capital V, Llc	other: See General Remarks.	11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green Equity Investors Side V, L.p.	other: See General Remarks.	11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Green V Holdings, Llc	other: See General Remarks.	11111 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Lgp Management Inc	other: See General Remarks.	11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD, STE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025