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WhiteHorse Finance (WhiteHorse Finance) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 1.40% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WhiteHorse Finance 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

WhiteHorse Finance's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

WHF' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4   Med: 68.7   Max: 136
Current: 1.4

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of WhiteHorse Finance was 136.00% per year. The lowest was 1.40% per year. And the median was 68.70% per year.

WHF's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
51.21% of 869 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs WHF: 1.40

During the past 12 months, WhiteHorse Finance's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

WhiteHorse Finance's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.57. As of today, WhiteHorse Finance's Dividend Yield % is 11.64%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of WhiteHorse Finance Inc is 1.68, which seems too high.

Good Sign:

WhiteHorse Finance Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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


Competitive Comparison of WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Asset Management subindustry, WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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.


WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WhiteHorse Finance's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



WhiteHorse Finance 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


WhiteHorse Finance  (NAS:WHF) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

WhiteHorse Finance's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.385/ 0.15
=2.57

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of WhiteHorse Finance was 2.09. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 0.95.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of WhiteHorse Finance Inc is 1.68, which seems too high.

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

WhiteHorse Finance Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3852024-03-212024-03-222024-04-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3852023-12-192023-12-202024-01-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3702023-09-182023-09-192023-10-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3702023-06-202023-06-212023-07-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 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.

WhiteHorse Finance's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.51/12.97
=11.64 %

Current Share Price is $12.97.
WhiteHorse Finance's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.51.

During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Yield of WhiteHorse Finance was 23.09%. The lowest was 2.90%. And the median was 10.58%.

Good Sign:

WhiteHorse Finance Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

* 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.


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WhiteHorse Finance (WhiteHorse Finance) Business Description

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Address
1450 Brickell Avenue, 31st Floor, Miami, FL, USA, 33131
WhiteHorse Finance Inc is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It makes debt investments in privately held; small-cap companies located in United States. Its investment objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors, primarily by originating senior secured loans to privately held small-cap companies across a broad range of industries.
Executives
John Bolduc director 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Marco A. Collazos officer: Chief Compliance Officer 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Stuart D Aronson director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Joyson Thomas officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
G Stacy Smith director 300 CRESCENT COURT SUITE 1111, DALLAS TX 75201
Rick Patrick Frier director 11808 PLEASANT WYATT PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Anthony Tamer 10 percent owner 1001 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, STE 2708, MIAMI FL 33131
Sami Mnaymneh 10 percent owner 1001 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, STE 2708, MIAMI FL 33131
Kevin Francis Burke director C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Rick D Puckett director 440 S. CHURCH STREET, SUITE 700, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Edward J. Giordano officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O H.I.G. CAPITAL, LLC, 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Gerhard Lombard officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 FIFTH AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Carvell James Demus Iii director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 200 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1414, DALLAS TX 75201
Tom C Davis director DEAN FOODS COMPANY, 2515 MCKINNEY AVE STE 1200, DALLAS TX 75201
William D Markert director, officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER EVP - NETWORK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 1467 ASHBOURNE CIRCLE, SHAKOPEE MN 55379