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Employers Holdings (Employers Holdings) Dividend Yield %

: 2.57% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Employers Holdings is 2.57%.

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

EIG' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 1.68   Max: 3.36
Current: 2.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Employers Holdings was 3.36%. The lowest was 0.74%. And the median was 1.68%.

EIG's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
65.42% of 402 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.525 vs EIG: 2.57

Employers Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.20.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Employers Holdings was 0.59. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.21.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Employers Holdings is 2.57%.

Employers Holdings's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.28.

During the past 12 months, Employers Holdings's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Employers Holdings was 49.40% per year. The lowest was 3.20% per year. And the median was 14.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Employers Holdings Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Employers Holdings'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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Employers Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.11 3.11 2.42 2.39 2.79

Employers Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 2.49 2.83 2.70 2.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Employers 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.


Employers Holdings Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Employers Holdings's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Employers Holdings's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Employers Holdings Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Employers Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2802024-02-272024-02-282024-03-13Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2802023-11-072023-11-082023-11-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2802023-08-082023-08-092023-08-23Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2802023-05-092023-05-102023-05-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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.

Employers Holdings's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.12/44.36
=2.52 %

Current Share Price is $44.36.
Employers Holdings's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.12.

Employers Holdings's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.12/44.36
=2.52 %

Current Share Price is $44.36.
Employers Holdings's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.28 * 4 = $1.12.

* 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.


Employers Holdings  (NYSE:EIG) 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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Employers Holdings (Employers Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10375 Professional Circle, Reno, NV, USA, 89521
Employers Holdings Inc provides workers' compensation insurance, primarily to small businesses in low- to medium hazard industries. Its customers are employers, and the insurance premiums that those employers pay account for more than 90% of total company revenue. Substantially all of the remaining revenue is generated through investments. The company operates exclusively in the United States, and it generates more than half of its business in California. By industry, the company has the most exposure to restaurants, which account for roughly a fourth of the total premiums the company earns.
Executives
Katherine H. Antonello officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Alejandro Perez-tenessa director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Michael J Mcsally director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Christopher Laws officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Tracey Lynn Berg officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Stephen V Festa officer: Sr VP & CCO, EICN and ECIC 9790 GATEWAY DRIVE, SUITE 200, RENO NV 89521
Douglas D Dirks director, officer: President and CEO of EIG 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
De Figueiredo Joao M director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
James R Kroner director 600 FOURTH STREET, P.O. BOX 6000, SIOUX CITY IA 51102-6000
Jeanne L Mockard director PUTNAM INVESTMENTS, ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE, BOSTON MA 02109
Lawrence S Rogers officer: SVP, Chief Underwriting Office 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Richard W Blakey director 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
John M. Mutschink officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Michael Scott Paquette officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer EMPLOYERS HOLDINGS, INC., 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521
Barry J. Vogt officer: SVP, Chief Claims Officer 10375 PROFESSIONAL CIRCLE, RENO NV 89521