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CHINA FUND (CHINA FUND) Dividend Yield %

: 0.19% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of CHINA FUND is 0.19%.

Warning Sign:

CHINA FUND INC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for CHINA FUND's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

CHN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19   Med: 0.83   Max: 3.31
Current: 0.19

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of CHINA FUND was 3.31%. The lowest was 0.19%. And the median was 0.83%.

CHN's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
99.1% of 1217 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.66 vs CHN: 0.19

CHINA FUND's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of CHINA FUND was 0.14. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.07.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of CHINA FUND is 0.19%.

CHINA FUND's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, CHINA FUND's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -100.00% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of CHINA FUND was -34.40% per year. The lowest was -37.10% per year. And the median was -35.10% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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CHINA FUND Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for CHINA FUND's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* 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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CHINA FUND Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.84 0.47 0.58 0.43 -

CHINA FUND Semi-Annual Data
Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.58 0.32 0.43 - -

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, CHINA FUND's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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.


CHINA FUND Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, CHINA FUND's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CHINA FUND's Dividend Yield % falls into.



CHINA FUND Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

CHINA FUND Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0192023-12-272023-12-282024-01-10Cash DividendannuallyUSD: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.

CHINA FUND's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.019/9.83
=0.19 %

Current Share Price is $9.83.
CHINA FUND's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.019.

CHINA FUND's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.019/9.83
=0.19 %

Current Share Price is $9.83.
CHINA FUND's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.019 * 1 = $0.019.

* 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.


CHINA FUND  (NYSE:CHN) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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CHINA FUND (CHINA FUND) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
C/o Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, 50 Post Office Square, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
CHINA FUND INC is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is a long-term capital appreciation which it seeks to achieve by investing in equity securities with trading in China and outside China. It invests in various industries such as Insurance, Entertainment, Machinery, Electrical Equipment, Beverages, Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure among others.
Executives
Yan Hu director 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y 0JP
Theresa Noriega-lum officer: President 4 EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 550, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Iwanicki George John Jr director 8K THORMAN LANE, HUNTINGTON NY 11743
Julian Reid 10 percent owner C/O BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN, 50 POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON MA 02110
City Of London Investment Group Plc 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Frank L Wheeler officer: President FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 550, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Michael F Holland director
Richard Silver 10 percent owner C/O STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, ONE LINCOLN STREET, BOSTON MA 02111
City Of London Investment Management Co Ltd 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Heiko Mildner other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Kathleen C. Thompson other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jeffrey D Parker other: See remarks 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Douglas Eu other: SEE REMARKS C/O ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC, 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
William Grau other: SEE REMARKS C/O ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC, 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Laura F. Dell officer: Treasurer 100 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, CPH 0326, BOSTON MA 02116

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