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Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) Forward Dividend Yield %

: 3.15% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Stewart Information Services is 3.15%.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Stewart Information Services is 3.11%.

STC's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
56.56% of 389 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.79 vs STC: 3.15

Stewart Information Services's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.48.

During the past 12 months, Stewart Information Services's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 28.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Stewart Information Services was 128.90% per year. The lowest was -59.50% per year. And the median was 11.20% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Stewart Information Services'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.


Stewart Information Services Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Stewart Information Services's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stewart Information Services's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Stewart Information Services Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Stewart Information Services Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4752024-03-142024-03-152024-03-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4752023-12-142023-12-152023-12-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4752023-09-142023-09-152023-09-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4502023-06-142023-06-152023-06-30Cash 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.

Stewart Information Services's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.9/60.52
=3.14 %

Current Share Price is $60.52.
Stewart Information Services's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.475 * 4 = $1.9.

Stewart Information Services's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.875/60.52
=3.10 %

Current Share Price is $60.52.
Stewart Information Services's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.875.

* 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.


Stewart Information Services  (NYSE:STC) 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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Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, TX, USA, 77056
Stewart Information Services Corp is a customer-focused, title insurance and real estate services company offering products and services to home buyers and sellers, mortgage lenders and servicers, attorneys, and home builders. It has three operating segments; Title insurance and related services include the functions of searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. It also includes home and personal insurance services, Real estate solutions segment supports the real estate mortgage industry by providing appraisal management services, online notarization and closing solutions, credit, and real estate information services, search and valuation services, and Corporate and Other segment is comprised of the parent holding company.
Executives
Helen Vaid director 600 WEST CHICAGO AVE., STE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Frederick H Eppinger director THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN ST, WORCESTER MA 01653
Bradley C Allen Jr director AMERISAFE INC, 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Elizabeth Giddens officer: Chief Legal Officer; Secretary 10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Hamm John Earl Jr. officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77056
Steven Mark Lessack officer: Group President 1980 POST OAK BLVD., #800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Matthew Morris director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1905 SHARP PL, HOUSTON TX 77019
Corey William S. Jr. director C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Deborah Jane Matz director C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Emily Kain officer: Chief Human Resource Officer C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Glenn C Christenson director 2411 W SAHARA AVENUE, LAS VEGAS NV 89102
James M Chadwick director C/O IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC., 701 PARK OF COMMERCE BLVD., #301, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Tara Smith officer: Group President STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1980 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 710, HOUSTON TX 77056
Clifford Press director 152 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Clarke director 711 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 2900, HOUSTON TX 77002-2781