The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Square 1 Financial Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Square 1 Financial'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 Square 1 Financial's Dividend Yield %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Square 1 Financial'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.
Square 1 Financial's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Square 1 Financial's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Square 1 Financial's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Square 1 Financial Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
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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Square 1 Financial (Square 1 Financial) Business Description
Square 1 Financial Inc is incorporated in Delaware on October, 2004. The Company is a financial services company, providing financial services to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The Company is bank holding company for Square 1 Bank. Through Square 1 Bank, the Company provides banking activities on venture capital firms and private equity firms and the portfolio companies funded by such firms. It provides various financial services nationwide to these investors and their portfolio companies, including, among others, term commercial loans, revolving lines of credit, asset-based loans, deposit products and fee-based banking services, including credit cards, foreign exchange, cash management and letters of credit. The Company also provides senior debt facilities to its borrowers that are secured by substantially all of the assets of the borrower client. In some instances, it also obtain the guarantee of the venture firm that provided venture capital to its borrower client or, in the case of a borrower that has not received venture capital funding, a guarantee of individuals associated with the borrower. For early stage companies, the primary source of repayment is typically cash collateral held in accounts with the bank.
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