Westjet Airlines (Westjet Airlines) Dividend Yield % : 3.89% (As of May. 12, 2024)

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What is Westjet Airlines Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-12), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Westjet Airlines is 3.89%.

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

WJAVF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 3.89
Current: 3.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Westjet Airlines was 3.89%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

WJAVF's Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.99 vs WJAVF: 3.89

Westjet Airlines's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Westjet Airlines was 0.19. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

As of today (2024-05-12), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Westjet Airlines is 3.67%.

Westjet Airlines's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $0.00.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Westjet Airlines Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Westjet Airlines's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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Westjet Airlines Dividend Yield % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Westjet Airlines's Dividend Yield %

For the Airlines subindustry, Westjet Airlines's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

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Westjet Airlines's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Westjet Airlines's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Westjet Airlines Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Westjet Airlines (OTCPK:WJAVF) 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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22 Aerial Place N.E., Calgary, AB, CAN, T2E 3J1

Website

http://www.westjet.com

WestJet is a Canadian airline based in Calgary, Alberta. WestJet operates WestJet Vacations, which provides air, hotel, car, and excursion packages and in 2013 launched WestJet Encore, a regional airline that operates Q400 turboprops, servicing smaller destinations. It also plans to launch an ultra-low-cost carrier (branded Swoop) in 2018. WestJet services over 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The carrier generated roughly CAD 4.5 billion in revenue in 2017.