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Valener (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 3.40% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Valener 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Valener's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was C$0.00.

During the past 12 months, Valener's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.00% 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Valener was 4.20% per year. The lowest was -6.90% per year. And the median was -0.30% per year.

Valener's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was 0.00. As of today, Valener's Dividend Yield % is 3.44%.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Valener Inc is 0.81, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

Valener Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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Competitive Comparison of Valener's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Valener's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-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.


Valener's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Valener's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Valener's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Valener 5-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 least square regression.

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Valener  (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

Valener's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Jun. 2019 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=0/ 0
=N/A

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Valener was 1.33. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.96.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Valener Inc is 0.81, which seems too high.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Valener was 8.40%. The lowest was 3.44%. And the median was 6.18%.

Warning Sign:

Valener Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

* 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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Valener (TSX:VNR.PR.A.PFD) Business Description

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1717 du Havre Street, Montreal, QC, CAN, H2K 2X3
Valener Inc is an investment holding company engaged in the regulated energy business in the United States and Canada through Gaz Metro. Its core business operations involve natural gas distribution in Quebec and Vermont as well as electricity distribution in Vermont. The company through its subsidiaries holds the interest in wind farm business. It serves more than 200,000 customers in Quebec and over 310,000 customers in Vermont.

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