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Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Dividend Yield %

: 4.97% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-16), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Swire Pacific is 4.97%.

Good Sign:

Swire Pacific Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

SWRAF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.25   Med: 4.18   Max: 8.92
Current: 4.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Swire Pacific was 8.92%. The lowest was 2.25%. And the median was 4.18%.

SWRAF's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
87.87% of 338 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 2.885 vs SWRAF: 4.97

Swire Pacific's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.09.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Swire Pacific was 1.06. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.12.

As of today (2024-04-16), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Swire Pacific is 4.97%.

Swire Pacific's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.15.

During the past 12 months, Swire Pacific's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Swire Pacific was 24.70% per year. The lowest was -16.40% per year. And the median was 3.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Swire Pacific Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Swire Pacific'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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Swire Pacific 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 4.34 1.58 4.73 4.12 4.73

Swire Pacific Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 4.73 5.50 4.12 5.06 4.73

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Swire Pacific'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.


Swire Pacific Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Swire Pacific's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Swire Pacific's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Swire Pacific Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Swire Pacific Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
HKD 2.0002024-04-102024-04-122024-05-03Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyHKD:USD 0.127750
HKD 1.2002023-09-132023-09-152023-10-13Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyHKD:USD 0.127716

* 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.

Swire Pacific's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.4087592/8.22
=4.97 %

Current Share Price is $8.22.
Swire Pacific's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.4087592.

Swire Pacific's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.511/8.22
=6.22 %

Current Share Price is $8.22.
Swire Pacific's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.2555 * 2 = $0.511.

* 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.


Swire Pacific  (OTCPK:SWRAF) 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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Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Business Description

Address
88 Queensway, GPO Box 1, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG
Swire Pacific is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate with interests in property, aviation, beverage, trading, and industrials. The property division, an 82% stake in Swire Properties, contributes more than half of the group's operating profit. The beverage division is one of two Coca-Cola bottlers in mainland China and also a bottler in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The aviation division consists of Haeco, an aircraft engineering company, and a 45% stake in Cathay Pacific. As of end June 2023, John Swire & Sons, the parent company, holds a 60% stake in Swire Pacific but has 68% of the voting rights through a dual-class share structure.

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