As of today (2024-04-24), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of RLJ Lodging Trust is 3.38%.
Good Sign:
RLJ Lodging Trust stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
RLJ'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24 Med: 3.79 Max: 28.33
Current: 3.38
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of RLJ Lodging Trust was 28.33%. The lowest was 0.24%. And the median was 3.79%.
RLJ's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 89.61% of 837
companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.11
vs RLJ: 3.38
RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 9.09.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of RLJ Lodging Trust is 1.12, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of RLJ Lodging Trust was 2.13. The lowest was 0.86. And the median was 1.21.
RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.10.
During the past 12 months, RLJ Lodging Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 200.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 108.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -32.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -24.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of RLJ Lodging Trust was 108.00% per year. The lowest was -68.80% per year. And the median was 12.75% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
RLJ Lodging Trust Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for RLJ Lodging 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.
For the REIT - Hotel & Motel subindustry, RLJ Lodging 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.
RLJ Lodging Trust Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividend Yield % falls into.
RLJ Lodging Trust Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
RLJ Lodging Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.100
2024-03-27
2024-03-29
2024-04-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.100
2023-12-28
2023-12-29
2024-01-16
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.100
2023-09-28
2023-09-29
2023-10-16
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.080
2023-06-29
2023-06-30
2023-07-17
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD: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.
RLJ Lodging Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.38
/
11.25
=
3.38 %
Current Share Price is $11.25.
RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.38.
RLJ Lodging Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.4
/
11.25
=
3.56 %
Current Share Price is $11.25.
RLJ Lodging Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.1 * 4 = $0.4.
* 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.
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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RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ Lodging Trust) Business Description
RLJ Lodging Trust is a real estate investment trust that acquires focused-service and compact full-service hotels. Its portfolio consists of hotels in various states across the United States and the District of Columbia. Its hotels are under the Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt brand names. These hotels are concentrated in urban areas, dense suburban markets, and business districts within metropolitan areas where utmost of their customers are business, leisure, and other travelers. Its revenue streams include hotel operations revenue, which is composed of the sale of rooms, food, and beverages, and other property revenue. The company derives the substantial majority of its revenue from the operation of hotels.
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