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FUND (Sprott Focus Trust) Forward Dividend Yield % : 7.45% (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is Sprott Focus Trust Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-11), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Sprott Focus Trust is 7.45%.

As of today (2024-12-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Sprott Focus Trust is 6.37%.

FUND's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
61.17% of 1177 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 6.14 vs FUND: 7.45

Sprott Focus Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.26.

During the past 12 months, Sprott Focus Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.50% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Sprott Focus Trust was 9.20% per year. The lowest was -3.10% per year. And the median was 4.00% 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 Sprott Focus Trust's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Sprott Focus Trust'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.


Sprott Focus Trust's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Sprott Focus Trust's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sprott Focus Trust's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Sprott Focus Trust Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Sprott Focus Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1301002024-09-162024-09-162024-09-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1299002024-06-142024-06-142024-07-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1286002024-03-132024-03-142024-03-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1270002023-12-132023-12-142023-12-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 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.

Sprott Focus Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.5204/8.12
=6.41 %

Current Share Price is $8.12.
Sprott Focus Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.1301 * 4 = $0.5204.

Sprott Focus Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.5156/8.12
=6.35 %

Current Share Price is $8.12.
Sprott Focus Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.5156.

* 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.


Sprott Focus Trust  (NAS:FUND) 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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Sprott Focus Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
320 Post Road, Suite 230, Darien, CT, USA, M5J 2J1
Sprott Focus Trust Inc is a diversified closed-end investment company. Its primary investment objective is long-term capital growth. To achieve its objective, The Fund may invest its assets in equity securities and in direct obligations of the U.S. Government or its agencies and in the non-convertible preferred stocks & debt securities of domestic and foreign companies. It invests in various sectors, of which Materials, Financials, Energy, Information technology sector account for the majority weightage.
Executives
W Whitney George director, 10 percent owner, other: Senior Portfolio Manager C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Patricia Walsh Chadwick director 7337 E DOUBLETREE RANCH ROAD, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85258
Fockler Jack E. Jr. officer: Vice President, other: VP - Investment Advisor C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Arthur S Mehlman director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Charles M Royce director, officer: President, other: CEO - Investment Adviser C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
G Peter Obrien director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
John E Denneen officer: Secretary, other: Secretary - Investment Advisor C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Christopher D Clark officer: Vice President, other: President - Investment Advisor 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2400, NEW YORK NY 10151
Francis Gannon officer: Vice President C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Richard M Galkin director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
John D Diederich officer: Vice President & Treasurer, other: COO & CFO - Investment Adviser ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Stephen L Isaacs director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
David L Meister director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
O Byrne Daniel A officer: Vice President, other: VP - Investment Advisor ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
William L Koke director, other: Director through 12/31/2009 C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151