WH Smith's dividends per share for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was £0.21. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was £0.29. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the
six
months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.91. As of today, WH Smith's Dividend Yield % is 2.60%.
Good Sign:
WH Smith PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
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.
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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.
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WH Smith Dividends per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for WH Smith's Dividends per Share 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 WH Smith's Dividends per Share
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 Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
WH Smith's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as
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.
2. 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 0.208000
2024-01-11
2024-01-12
2024-02-01
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
GBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.081000
2023-07-13
2023-07-14
2023-08-03
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
GBP:GBP 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.
WH Smith's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is £11.11.
WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.289.
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%.
Good Sign:
WH Smith PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
* 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 Dividends per Share Related Terms
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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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