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National Grid (National Grid) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

: 2.70% (As of Sep. 2023)
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National Grid's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $2.34.

During the past 12 months, National Grid's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of National Grid was 13.70% per year. The lowest was -42.80% per year. And the median was 4.20% per year.

National Grid's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.34. As of today, National Grid's Dividend Yield % is 5.41%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of National Grid PLC is 0.79, which seems too high.

Good Sign:

National Grid PLC stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.

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Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, National Grid's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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National Grid 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution

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

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



National Grid 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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National Grid  (NYSE:NGG) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

National Grid's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=2.339/ 1.743
=1.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of National Grid was 1.06. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 0.81.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of National Grid PLC is 0.79, which seems too high.

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

National Grid Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.1902023-11-222023-11-242024-01-11Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 2.3462023-06-012023-06-022023-08-09Cash 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.

National Grid's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.536/65.44
=5.40 %

Current Share Price is $65.44.
National Grid's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.536.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of National Grid was 6.43%. The lowest was 3.89%. And the median was 4.98%.

Good Sign:

National Grid PLC stock dividend yield is close to 5-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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National Grid (National Grid) Business Description

Address
1-3 Strand, London, GBR, WC2N 5EH
National Grid owns and operates the electric transmission system in England and Wales. It sold the bulk of its U.K. gas transmission business in fiscal 2023 to fund the acquisition of PPL's U.K. power distribution assets. In the Northeastern United States, it serves electricity and gas customers combined in three states. It also owns regulated transmission and electricity generation in the United States, metering services, merchant transmission lines in the U.K., and the Grain (U.K.) liquefied natural gas facility.