Smith & Nephew (Smith & Nephew) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 1.40% (As of Dec. 2023)

Competitive Comparison of Smith & Nephew's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Smith & Nephew'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.

Smith & Nephew's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Smith & Nephew's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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

Smith & Nephew 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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Smith & Nephew  (NYSE:SNN) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

Smith & Nephew's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Smith & Nephew was 1.25. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.41.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Smith & Nephew PLC is 1.24, which seems too high.

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

Smith & Nephew Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

* 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.

Smith & Nephew's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $24.45.
Smith & Nephew's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.75.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Smith & Nephew was 3.54%. The lowest was 1.40%. And the median was 1.80%.

* 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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