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Shire (SHPG) Dividends per Share : $1.06 (TTM As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Shire Dividends per Share?

Shire's dividends per share for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was $0.17. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $1.06. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2018 was 0.10. As of today, Shire's Dividend Yield % is 0.59%.

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Shire Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shire'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.

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Shire Dividends per Share Chart

Shire Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.53 0.62 0.70 0.80 0.92

Shire Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
Dividends per Share 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 0.15 - 0.89 - 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Shire's Dividends per Share

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Shire'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.


Shire's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Shire's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shire Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Shire  (NAS:SHPG) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Shire's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2018 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2018 )
=0.168/ 1.74
=0.10

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Shire was 0.07. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Shire was 0.59%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

* 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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Shire (SHPG) Business Description

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Shire is a diversified, Ireland-based specialty drug firm. Shire has grown primarily through mergers and acquisitions, including the Transkaryotic Therapies acquisition in 2005, which established its genetic disease business with Replagal and Elaprase, and the merger with New River in 2007, which brought full rights to neuroscience drug Vyvanse. Shire completed the acquisition of ViroPharma (genetic diseases) in 2014, NPS Pharma (internal medicine) in 2015, and Baxalta (hematology, immunology, and oncology) and Dyax (genetic diseases) in 2016.
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James H Cavanaugh director 265 HOTHORPE LANE, VILLANOVA PA 19085