American Railcar Industries (American Railcar Industries) Dividend Yield % : 2.29% (As of May. 06, 2024)

American Railcar Industries Dividend Yield % Chart

American Railcar Industries Annual Data
	Trend	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17
Dividend Yield %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2.19	3.11	3.46	3.53	3.84

American Railcar Industries Quarterly Data
	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18
Dividend Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.08	3.84	4.28	4.05	3.47

Competitive Comparison of American Railcar Industries's Dividend Yield %

For the Railroads subindustry, American Railcar Industries'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.

American Railcar Industries's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, American Railcar Industries's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Railcar Industries's Dividend Yield % falls into.

American Railcar Industries Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

American Railcar Industries  (NAS:ARII) 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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