If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of SGS AG is 1.02, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of SGS AG was 1.36. The lowest was 0.76. And the median was 0.86.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of SGS AG was 62.30% per year. The lowest was -20.60% per year. And the median was 9.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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SGS AG Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for SGS AG'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 SGS AG's Dividend Yield %
For the Consulting Services subindustry, SGS AG'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.
SGS AG's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SGS AG's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SGS AG's Dividend Yield % falls into.
SGS AG Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
SGS AG Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.361
2024-04-02
2024-04-03
2024-04-19
Cash Dividend
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.
SGS AG's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.361
/
8.94
=
4.04 %
Current Share Price is $8.94. SGS AG's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.361.
SGS AG's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.361
/
8.94
=
4.04 %
Current Share Price is $8.94. SGS AG's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.361 * 1 = $0.361.
* 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.
SGS AG (OTCPK:SGSOY) 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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Switzerland-listed SGS is the largest and one of the oldest companies in the testing, inspection, and certification industry. The company's primary activities involve testing products and materials, inspecting sites/industrial equipment, and certifying products and systems to ensure global/company standards. SGS is one of only four TIC companies that operate globally across numerous industries, including agriculture, food and life science, and transport services. SGS was first listed in 1981 and employs almost 100,000 people worldwide.
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