Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Life Healthcare Group Holdings's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
JSE:LHC'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.86 Med: 3.37 Max: 6.24
Current: 4.1
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Life Healthcare Group Holdings was 6.24%. The lowest was 1.86%. And the median was 3.37%.
JSE:LHC's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 80.92% of 262
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.925
vs JSE:LHC: 4.10
During the past 12 months, Life Healthcare Group Holdings's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -7.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Life Healthcare Group Holdings was 70.50% per year. The lowest was -24.00% per year. And the median was -4.40% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Life Healthcare Group Holdings Dividend Yield % Historical Data
* 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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Life Healthcare Group Holdings Dividend Yield % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Life Healthcare Group Holdings's Dividend Yield %
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Life Healthcare Group Holdings'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.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Life Healthcare Group Holdings's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Life Healthcare Group Holdings's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
ZAR 0.270000
2023-12-12
2023-12-14
2023-12-18
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
ZAR:ZAR 1.000000
ZAR 0.170000
2023-06-13
2023-06-15
2023-06-19
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
ZAR:ZAR 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.
* 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.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings (JSE:LHC) 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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Life Healthcare Group Holdings (JSE:LHC) Business Description
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd is an international and diversified healthcare organization based in South Africa. The firm's segments include hospitals and complementary services, healthcare services, and Radiopharmaceutical products. The hospitals and complementary services segment generates majority of the revenue. Its services include mental healthcare, acute rehabilitation, renal dialysis, and oncology. The smaller growth initiatives segment focuses on clinical quality products, and outpatient business in South Africa.
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