Zep (FRA:14Z) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 7.70% (As of Feb. 2015)

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What is Zep 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Zep's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was €0.05.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:14Z' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 10.1
Current: 7.7

During the past 11 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Zep was 10.10% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 0.00% per year.

FRA:14Z's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 10.2 vs FRA:14Z: 7.70

During the past 12 months, Zep's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Zep's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was 5.89. As of today, Zep's Dividend Yield % is 0.73%.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout of Zep Inc is 7.23, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

Zep Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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Competitive Comparison of Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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.

Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zep's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Zep 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Zep (FRA:14Z) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Zep's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Feb. 2015 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Feb. 2015 )
	=	0.053	/	0.009
	=	5.89

During the past 11 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Zep was 6.00. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.27.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout of Zep Inc is 7.23, which seems too high.

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

During the past 11 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Zep was 2.28%. The lowest was 0.23%. And the median was 1.01%.

Warning Sign:

Zep Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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* 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.

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Zep Inc. was founded in 1937. It is a producer, marketer, and service provider of a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zeps product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It continually refreshes its product portfolio and service offerings. Zep reaches its customers through an experienced, international organization of sales representatives supported by highly skilled marketing, research and development and technical services teams, who collectively provide creative solutions for its customers' diverse cleaning and maintenance needs by utilizing their product expertise and providing customized value added services that it distinguish Zep among its competitors. Through its direct sales organization, Zep provides convenient, highly effective cleaning and maintenance solutions to customers in a broad array of commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets, including transportation, food processing and service, manufacturing, government, and housekeeping. These customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations. It sells its products to customers mainly in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Zep markes these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep , Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, and Selig. Zep is its flagship brand and represents largest portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers needing highly effective product solutions and professional technical support. Zep Commercial provides professional cleaning and plumbing chemical products targeted to contractors and small business owners and are currently sold through The Home Depot, HD Supply and other retailers. Zep Professional was introduced in fiscal year 2009 and represents its portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions that are offered to customers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets who prefer to acquire product through the distribution channel. Selig offers a limited assortment of cleaning solutions targeted to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. It produces a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer customers. Zeps commercial, industrial, and institutional customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations as well as distributors. Its sales and service organization covers the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and certain other smaller markets. It manufactures products at six facilities located in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy.The key raw materi

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