Mentor Graphics (Mentor Graphics) Dividend Yield % : 0.59% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

Mentor Graphics Dividend Yield % Chart

Mentor Graphics Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Dividend Yield %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	0.87	0.87	1.27	0.60

Mentor Graphics Quarterly Data
	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17
Dividend Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.27	1.10	1.03	0.76	0.60

Competitive Comparison of Mentor Graphics's Dividend Yield %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Mentor Graphics'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.

Mentor Graphics's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Mentor Graphics's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Mentor Graphics Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Mentor Graphics  (NAS:MENT) 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.

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