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Witan Investment Trust (LSE:WTAN) Dividend Yield % : 2.32% (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Witan Investment Trust Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Witan Investment Trust is 2.32%.

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

LSE:WTAN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.67   Med: 2.21   Max: 3.47
Current: 2.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Witan Investment Trust was 3.47%. The lowest was 1.67%. And the median was 2.21%.

LSE:WTAN's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
83.14% of 1216 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.535 vs LSE:WTAN: 2.32

Witan Investment Trust's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.31.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Witan Investment Trust was 1.06. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.19.

As of today (2024-05-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Witan Investment Trust is 2.30%.

Witan Investment Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.03.

During the past 12 months, Witan Investment Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Witan Investment Trust was 17.40% per year. The lowest was 1.10% per year. And the median was 6.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Witan Investment Trust Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Witan Investment Trust'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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Witan Investment Trust Dividend Yield % Chart

Witan Investment Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.19 2.54 2.19 2.59 2.51

Witan Investment Trust Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.19 2.74 2.59 2.58 2.51

Competitive Comparison of Witan Investment Trust's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Witan Investment Trust'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.


Witan Investment Trust's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Witan Investment Trust's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Witan Investment Trust Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Witan Investment Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0151002024-05-162024-05-172024-06-07Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0169002024-02-222024-02-232024-03-15Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0145002023-11-232023-11-242023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0145002023-08-242023-08-252023-09-15Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 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.

Witan Investment Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.061/2.635
=2.31 %

Current Share Price is £2.635.
Witan Investment Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.061.

Witan Investment Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.0604/2.635
=2.29 %

Current Share Price is £2.635.
Witan Investment Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.0151 * 4 = £0.0604.

* 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.


Witan Investment Trust  (LSE:WTAN) 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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Witan Investment Trust (LSE:WTAN) Business Description

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Address
14 Queen Anne's Gate, London, GBR, SW1H 9AA
Witan Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based closed-end investment trust. The company's objective is to achieve long-term growth in income and capital through active multi-manager investment in global equities. Its operating segments include Investment Trust and Management services. The company derives the maximum revenue from the Investment Trust segment. Geographically, investment of the trust can be seen across the region of United Kingdom, North America, Continental Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and others of which majority of revenue is derived from United Kingdom region.

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