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Simulations Plus (Simulations Plus) Dividend Yield % : 0.54% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Simulations Plus Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Simulations Plus is 0.54%.

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

SLP' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 1.19   Max: 7.25
Current: 0.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Simulations Plus was 7.25%. The lowest was 0.28%. And the median was 1.19%.

SLP's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
86.59% of 261 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.93 vs SLP: 0.54

Simulations Plus's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.27.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Simulations Plus was 1.07. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.49.

As of today (2024-04-27), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Simulations Plus is 0.54%.

Simulations Plus's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.06.

During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Simulations Plus was 10.10% per year. The lowest was -7.20% per year. And the median was 6.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Simulations Plus Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Simulations Plus'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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Simulations Plus Dividend Yield % Chart

Simulations Plus Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.66 0.40 0.54 0.40 0.54

Simulations Plus Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.63 0.54 0.54 0.61 0.58

Competitive Comparison of Simulations Plus's Dividend Yield %

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Simulations Plus'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.


Simulations Plus's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Simulations Plus's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Simulations Plus's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Simulations Plus Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Simulations Plus Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0602024-04-262024-04-292024-05-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602024-01-262024-01-292024-02-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-10-272023-10-302023-11-06Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0602023-07-282023-07-312023-08-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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.

Simulations Plus's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.24/44.69
=0.54 %

Current Share Price is $44.69.
Simulations Plus's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.24.

Simulations Plus's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.24/44.69
=0.54 %

Current Share Price is $44.69.
Simulations Plus's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.06 * 4 = $0.24.

* 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.


Simulations Plus  (NAS:SLP) 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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Simulations Plus (Simulations Plus) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
42505 Tenth Street West, Lancaster, CA, USA, 93534-7059
Simulations Plus Inc is engaged in the software industry. It develops and produces software for use in pharmaceutical research and education, and provides consulting and contract research services to the pharmaceutical industry. The company's operating segments include Software and services. It generates maximum revenue from the software segment.
Executives
John Kenneth Paglia director 746 GRABLE PLACE, NEWBURY PARK CA 91320
Walter S Woltosz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 42505 10TH ST. WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Dibella John Anthony Ii officer: Division President 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Lisa Lavange director 42505 10TH ST., WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Steven Chang officer: President, Immunetrics 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 15203
Shawn Oconnor officer: Chief Executive Officer 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534-7059
Jill Fiedler-kelly officer: President, Cognigen Division 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Brett Howell officer: President, DILIsym Division 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
William W Frederick officer: CFO C/O SIMULATIONS PLUS, INC., 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Daniel L Weiner director 800 WEST EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040
Sharlene Evans director 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Nguyen Nguyen officer: VP of Human Resources 42505 TENTH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
David L. Ralph director 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
John Robert Kneisel officer: CFO 42505 10TH STREET WEST, LANCASTER CA 93534
Grasela Thaddeus Henry Jr director, officer: President 1780 WEHRLE DRIVE SUITE 110, BUFFALO NY 14221