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Grayson Bankshares Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Grayson Bankshares'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.
Competitive Comparison of Grayson Bankshares's Dividend Yield %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Grayson Bankshares'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.
Grayson Bankshares's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Grayson Bankshares's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Grayson Bankshares's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Grayson Bankshares Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
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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Grayson Bankshares (Grayson Bankshares) Business Description
Grayson Bankshares, Inc. was incorporated as a Virginia corporation on February 3, 1992. It is a bank holding company for The Grayson National Bank (the Bank). National Bank currently serves Grayson County and surrounding areas through ten banking offices located in the towns of Independence, Hillsville and Wytheville, the localities of Elk Creek, Troutdale and Whitetop, the City of Galax, and Carroll County, Virginia, and the Town of Sparta, North Carolina. The Bank operates for the primary purpose of meeting the banking needs of individuals and small to medium sized businesses in the Bank's service area, while developing personal, hometown associations with these customers. The Bank offers a wide range of banking services including checking and savings accounts; commercial, installment, mortgage and personal loans; credit and debit cards; internet banking and online bill paying; safe deposit boxes; and other associated services. The Bank's primary sources of revenue are interest income from its lending activities, and, to a lesser extent, from its investment portfolio. The Bank also earns fees from lending and deposit activities. The major expenses of the Bank are interest on deposit accounts and general and administrative expenses, such as salaries, occupancy and related expenses. The Bank's lending services include real estate, commercial, agricultural and consumer loans. The Bank invests a portion of its assets in U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agency and U.S. Government sponsored enterprise securities, state, county and municipal obligations, and equity securities. Deposits are the major source of funds for lending and other investment activities. The Bank considers the majority of its regular savings, demand, NOW and money market deposits and small denomination certificates of deposit to be core deposits. The Company's market area consists primarily of the Counties of Grayson, Carroll and Wythe, and the independent city of Galax, in Virginia, as well as Alleghany County in North Carolina. As a bank holding company, the Company is subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHCA) and the examination and reporting requirements of the Federal Reserve.
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