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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Forward Dividend Yield % : 10.92% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is 10.92%.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is 10.92%.

MFD's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
83.79% of 1203 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.88 vs MFD: 10.92

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was $0.40.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -8.00% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund was -2.00% per year. The lowest was -12.60% per year. And the median was -9.80% 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 Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund'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.


Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2002024-02-222024-02-232024-02-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2002023-11-222023-11-242023-12-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2002023-08-222023-08-232023-08-31Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2002023-05-222023-05-232023-05-31Cash 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.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.8/7.31
=10.94 %

Current Share Price is $7.31.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.2 * 4 = $0.8.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.8/7.31
=10.94 %

Current Share Price is $7.31.
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.8.

* 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.


Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund  (NYSE:MFD) 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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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management company. Its objective is to seek a high level of current return consisting of dividends, interest, and other similar income while attempting to preserve capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in the securities of companies involved in the management, ownership, and operation of infrastructure and utilities. It also invests in senior secured loans generally considered to be high-yield securities. The company portfolio of investments consists of the investment in the common stocks, master limited partnerships, and senior floating-rate loan interests.
Executives
Bronwyn Wright director FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
William H Speacht other: Investment Advisor 2005 MARKET ST, 34TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas R Kadlec director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
M Keefe Denise director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler other: Officer-Investment Advisor C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske other: Officer-Investment Advisor FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Robert F Keith director C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Fink William J Jr other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shane Shannon officer: Assistant Secretary FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
John H Kim other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE BANK, 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Jonathan S Ong other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Donald Swade officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Katherine L Urevig officer: Assistant Treasurer C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Anthony Felton other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Andrew Maple-brown other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor 125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019

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