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Smiths News (Smiths News) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 61.30% (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Smiths News 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Smiths News's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was $0.36.

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

SMWPY' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -62.9   Med: 3   Max: 61.3
Current: 61.3

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Smiths News was 61.30% per year. The lowest was -62.90% per year. And the median was 3.00% per year.

SMWPY's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than
93.98% of 216 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 8.2 vs SMWPY: 61.30

During the past 12 months, Smiths News's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 61.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 61.30% 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.

Smiths News's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.29. As of today, Smiths News's Dividend Yield % is 0.00%.

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Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News'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.


Smiths News's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smiths News 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.


Smiths News  (OTCPK:SMWPY) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

Smiths News's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Aug. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=0.358/ 1.245
=0.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Smiths News was 1.05. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.45.

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

Smiths News Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.6932024-01-112024-01-122024-02-23Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3562023-06-082023-06-092023-07-21Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD: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.

Smiths News's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.049/4.13
=25.40 %

Current Share Price is $4.13.
Smiths News's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.049.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Smiths News was 35.29%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 5.84%.

* 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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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

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Address
Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH
Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.

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