What is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Forward Dividend Yield %?
As of today (2024-04-27), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is 1.11%.
As of today (2024-04-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is 1.11%.
FRA:AFX's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 71.06% of 311
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.95
vs FRA:AFX: 1.11
During the past 12 months, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 22.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 19.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG was 30.50% per year. The lowest was -3.10% per year. And the median was 13.10% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG'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.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
EUR 1.100
2024-03-22
2024-03-25
2024-03-26
Cash Dividend
annually
EUR:EUR 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.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Forward 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.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (FRA:AFX) 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.
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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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (FRA:AFX) Business Description
Carl Zeiss Meditec is one of the largest medical technology companies in the world and it operates in two segments: Ophthalmic devices and Microsurgery. OPT, which made up 75% of sales in 2022, includes refractive lasers, surgical ophthalmic devices, equipment for ophthalmic diagnostics, as well as a portfolio of intraocular lenses and disposable medical instruments. With a low-teens share of the market, Zeiss is the second-largest player in the space. MCS is composed of implants, surgical instruments, and visualization devices used during neurosurgery, spine surgery, and otolaryngology surgery. With over 60% market share, Zeiss is the clear leader in the microsurgery space.
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