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European Assets Trust (LSE:EAT) Forward Dividend Yield % : 6.89% (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is European Assets Trust Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-28), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of European Assets Trust is 6.89%.

As of today (2024-04-28), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of European Assets Trust is 6.83%.

LSE:EAT's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
57.76% of 1205 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.91 vs LSE:EAT: 6.89

European Assets Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.02.

During the past 12 months, European Assets Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -34.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -6.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of European Assets Trust was 56.00% per year. The lowest was -38.00% per year. And the median was 3.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Competitive Comparison of European Assets Trust's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, European Assets 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.


European Assets Trust's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

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



European Assets Trust Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

European Assets Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0152024-04-042024-04-052024-04-30Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0152024-01-112024-01-122024-01-31Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0152023-10-052023-10-062023-10-31Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0152023-07-062023-07-072023-07-31Cash DividendquarterlyGBP: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.

European Assets Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.06/0.856
=7.01 %

Current Share Price is £0.856.
European Assets Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.015 * 4 = £0.06.

European Assets Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.06/0.856
=7.01 %

Current Share Price is £0.856.
European Assets Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.06.

* 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.


European Assets Trust  (LSE:EAT) 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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European Assets Trust (LSE:EAT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Primrose Street, Exchange House, London, GBR, EC2A 2NY
European Assets Trust PLC is a UK-based closed-end investment company. The company principal objective is to achieve long-term growth of capital through investment in quoted small and medium sized companies in Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. A high distribution policy has been adopted with dividends paid out of current year revenue profits and the Distributable Reserve. It maintains a diversified portfolio of investments across all sectors including financials, industrials, consumer goods, consumer services, healthcare, technology, and basic materials.