Singapore Telecommunications Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Singapore Telecommunications's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
SGAPY'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.49 Med: 4.46 Max: 8.62
Current: 4.39
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Singapore Telecommunications was 8.62%. The lowest was 2.49%. And the median was 4.46%.
SGAPY's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 54.02% of 224
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.155
vs SGAPY: 4.39
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd is 0.74, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Singapore Telecommunications was 11.78. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 0.76.
During the past 12 months, Singapore Telecommunications's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -18.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -16.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -6.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Singapore Telecommunications was 38.50% per year. The lowest was -26.70% per year. And the median was 3.50% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Singapore Telecommunications Dividend Yield % Historical Data
* 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 Singapore Telecommunications's Dividend Yield %
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Singapore Telecommunications'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.
Singapore Telecommunications's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Singapore Telecommunications's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Singapore Telecommunications's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Singapore Telecommunications Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.387
2023-11-17
2023-11-20
2023-12-15
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.390
2023-08-02
2023-08-03
2023-08-24
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
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.
* 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.
Singapore Telecommunications Dividend Yield % Related Terms
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Singapore Telecommunications (Singapore Telecommunications) Business Description
Singapore Telecommunications is Singapore's leading telecoms company. It owns extensive wired and wireless networks offering data and voice services to a broad customer base. Singtel's diverse investment portfolio spreads across the region. The firm wholly owns Optus in Australia and minority equity stakes in Airtel (29%) in India; Telkomsel (35%) in Indonesia; Globe Telecom (47%) in the Philippines; and Advanced Information Services (23%) and Intouch (21%) in Thailand. Singtel is majority-owned by the Singapore government.
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