Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Forward Dividend Yield % : 3.65% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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What is Great Plains Energy Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Great Plains Energy is 3.65%.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Great Plains Energy is 3.65%.

GXPPRACL.PFD's Forward Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 4.11 vs GXPPRACL.PFD: 3.65

Great Plains Energy's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Great Plains Energy's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Great Plains Energy was 6.40% per year. The lowest was -20.60% per year. And the median was 1.40% 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 Great Plains Energy's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Great Plains Energy'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.

Great Plains Energy's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Great Plains Energy's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Great Plains Energy Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXPPRACL.PFD) 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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Great Plains Energy (Great Plains Energy) Business Description

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Great Plains Energy is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light and Greater Missouri Operations. The two regulated utilities provide electric service to roughly 900,000 customers in the Kansas City area and nearby western Missouri and eastern Kansas. The company has about 6.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. More than 80% of its electricity generation is from coal-fired plants, approximately 15% comes from its co-owned Wolf Creek nuclear plant, and the remainder is from gas, oil, and wind farms.

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