The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of Wilshire Bancorp's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Wilshire Bancorp'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.
Wilshire Bancorp's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Wilshire Bancorp's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Wilshire Bancorp's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
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.
Wilshire Bancorp Forward Dividend Yield % Related Terms
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Wilshire Bancorp (Wilshire Bancorp) Business Description
Wilshire Bancorp Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of California on May 20, 1980. It is a bank holding company offers a range of financial products and services through its main subsidiary, Wilshire Bank, a California state-chartered commercial bank. It operates in three business segments including Banking Operations, Trade Finance Services and Small Business Administration Lending Services. Banking Operations raises funds from deposits and borrowings for loans and investments and provides lending products including commercial, consumer and real estate loans to customers. Small Business Administration Lending Services provides loans through the SBA guaranteed lending program. Trade Finance Services assists its import/export customers with international transactions. Trade finance products include the issuance and collection of letters of credit, international collection and import/export financing. It is engaged in a complement of lending activities, including commercial real estate and home mortgage lending, commercial business lending & trade finance, SBA lending & consumer loans and construction lending. It offers commercial business loans to sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. These loans include business lines of credit and business term loans to finance operations, to provide working capital or for specific purposes, such as to finance the purchase of assets, equipment or inventory. It offers Internet banking, which allows its customers to access their deposit and loan accounts through the Internet. Customers are able to obtain transaction history and account information, transfer funds between accounts, make on-line bill payments, and open deposit accounts. It also offer ATM machines located at selected branch offices, customer access to an ATM network and armored carrier services. Its competitors include national banks, regional banks and other community banks as well as other types of financial institutions, including without limitation, savings and loan institutions, finance companies, brokerage firms, insurance companies, credit unions, mortgage banks and other financial intermediaries. The Company is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies.
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