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United Motors Lanka (COL:UML.N0000) Forward Dividend Yield % : 1.39% (As of May. 15, 2025)


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What is United Motors Lanka Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-05-15), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of United Motors Lanka is 1.39%.

As of today (2025-05-15), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of United Motors Lanka is 1.39%.

COL:UML.N0000's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
69.55% of 844 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.645 vs COL:UML.N0000: 1.39

United Motors Lanka's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was රු0.00.

During the past 12 months, United Motors Lanka's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -33.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -5.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -9.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -18.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of United Motors Lanka was 143.50% per year. The lowest was -65.60% per year. And the median was -16.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of United Motors Lanka's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, United Motors Lanka's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward 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.


United Motors Lanka's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, United Motors Lanka's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Motors Lanka's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.


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United Motors Lanka Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

United Motors Lanka Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
LKR 1.5000002024-07-012024-07-022024-07-18Cash DividendannuallyLKR:LKR 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.

United Motors Lanka's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.5/117.50
=1.28 %

Current Share Price is රු117.50.
United Motors Lanka's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as රු1.5 * 1 = රු1.5.

United Motors Lanka's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.5/117.50
=1.28 %

Current Share Price is රු117.50.
United Motors Lanka's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is රු1.5.

* 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.


United Motors Lanka  (COL:UML.N0000) Forward 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.

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United Motors Lanka Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 100, Hyde Park Corner, P.O. Box 697, Colombo, LKA, 02
United Motors Lanka PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company engaged in the import and sale of various branded vehicles, spare parts, and lubricants, and the provision of after-sales services, and related services. The company is a distributor of brand new Mitsubishi and Fuso vehicles, genuine spares of brands, and provides after-sales service, Valvoline lubricants, pre-stone auto chemical products from USA, and Simoniz car care products from USA, form labs, Nasiol nano-coating products, and Ultimaker 3D printing equipment.

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