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WSP Global (WSP Global) Dividend Yield % : 0.71% (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is WSP Global Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-28), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of WSP Global is 0.71%.

Warning Sign:

WSP Global Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

WSPOF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 2.19   Max: 6.41
Current: 0.71

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of WSP Global was 6.41%. The lowest was 0.65%. And the median was 2.19%.

WSPOF's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
88.75% of 960 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.775 vs WSPOF: 0.71

WSP Global's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.23.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of WSP Global was 0.90. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 0.50.

As of today (2024-04-28), the Forward Dividend Yield % of WSP Global is 0.70%.

WSP Global's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.28.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of WSP Global was 35.60% per year. The lowest was 6.30% per year. And the median was 11.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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WSP Global Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for WSP Global'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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WSP Global Dividend Yield % Chart

WSP Global Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.67 1.18 0.83 0.98 0.81

WSP Global Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.98 0.88 0.85 0.79 0.81

Competitive Comparison of WSP Global's Dividend Yield %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, WSP Global'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.


WSP Global's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, WSP Global's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WSP Global's Dividend Yield % falls into.



WSP Global Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

WSP Global Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 0.3752024-03-272024-03-312024-04-15Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.738242
CAD 0.3752023-12-282023-12-292024-01-15Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.754720
CAD 0.3752023-09-282023-09-302023-10-15Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.735808
CAD 0.3752023-06-292023-06-302023-07-15Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.755744

* 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.

WSP Global's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.11919275/156.34
=0.72 %

Current Share Price is $156.34.
WSP Global's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.11919275.

WSP Global's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.107363/156.34
=0.71 %

Current Share Price is $156.34.
WSP Global's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.27684075 * 4 = $1.107363.

* 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.


WSP Global  (OTCPK:WSPOF) 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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WSP Global (WSP Global) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1600, Rene-Levesque Bouleverd West, 11th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3H 1P9
WSP Global Inc provides engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation and Infrastructure, Property and Buildings, Environment, Power and Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors. It also offers strategic advisory services. The firm operates through four reportable segments namely, Canada, Americas ( US and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Asia).