If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Sopharma AD-Sofia is 2.30, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Sopharma AD-Sofia was 2.30. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.36.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 138.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Sopharma AD-Sofia was 138.90% per year. The lowest was -10.60% per year. And the median was 3.20% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Sopharma AD-Sofia Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sopharma AD-Sofia'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 Sopharma AD-Sofia's Dividend Yield %
For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Sopharma AD-Sofia'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.
Sopharma AD-Sofia's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry
For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Sopharma AD-Sofia's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sopharma AD-Sofia's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Sopharma AD-Sofia Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Sopharma AD-Sofia Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
BGN 0.900000
2023-12-07
2023-12-08
2024-01-22
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
BGN:BGN 1.000000
BGN 0.600000
2023-06-15
2023-06-16
2023-07-31
Cash Dividend
annually
BGN:BGN 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.
Sopharma AD-Sofia's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
* 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.
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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Sopharma AD-Sofia is a company engaged in the production of pharmaceutical products. Its principal activities include the production and trade of medicinal substances and finished drug forms; and research and development as well as engineering and implementation activities in the field of medicinal products. It is also focused on the distribution of pharmaceuticals like medical supplies, sanitary materials, vitamins, food supplements, and cosmetics. The company's segments are organized based on the production of finished products which include Tablet dosage forms, Ampoule dosage forms, Medical products, Other forms, and Other revenue. Geographically company operates in Bulgaria and internationally.
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