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WH Smith (WH Smith) Dividend Yield % : 2.58% (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is WH Smith Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of WH Smith is 2.58%.

Good Sign:

WH Smith PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

WHTPF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 2.39   Max: 6.67
Current: 2.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of WH Smith was 6.67%. The lowest was 1.16%. And the median was 2.39%.

WHTPF's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
50.27% of 563 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.66 vs WHTPF: 2.58

WH Smith's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.91.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of WH Smith was 0.48. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.43.

As of today (2024-05-11), the Forward Dividend Yield % of WH Smith is 2.82%.

WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.26.

During the past 12 months, WH Smith's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 217.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -25.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of WH Smith was 17.20% per year. The lowest was -25.10% per year. And the median was 14.10% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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WH Smith Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for WH Smith'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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WH Smith Dividend Yield % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of WH Smith's Dividend Yield %

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith'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.


WH Smith's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WH Smith's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WH Smith's Dividend Yield % falls into.



WH Smith Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

WH Smith Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.2080002024-01-112024-01-122024-02-01Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:USD 1.270648
GBP 0.0810002023-07-132023-07-142023-08-03Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:USD 1.288660

* 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.

WH Smith's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.368676244/14.21
=2.59 %

Current Share Price is $14.21.
WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.368676244.

WH Smith's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.528589568/14.21
=3.72 %

Current Share Price is $14.21.
WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.264294784 * 2 = $0.528589568.

* 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.


WH Smith  (OTCPK:WHTPF) 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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WH Smith (WH Smith) Business Description

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Address
Greenbridge Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN3 3RX
WH Smith PLC is a U.K. retailer selling a wide range of products. Its two core business segments are travel and high street. WHSmith's travel stores offer products such as food, drink, publications, books, and tech accessories and other products to travelers. This segment operates predominantly in airports, railway stations, hospitals, and workplaces across Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India. The high street segment operates stores in the United Kingdom, predominantly on the U.K. high street. The high street segment sells products into the following categories: stationery, books, newspapers, magazines, and confectionery. WH Smith also has an online retail business that sells a range of books, stationery, magazines, and gifts through its websites.

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