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SPOK (Spok Holdings) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 23.30% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Spok Holdings 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Spok Holdings's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.31.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 35.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Spok Holdings was 115.40% per year. The lowest was -73.20% per year. And the median was -4.60% per year.

Spok Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.62. As of today, Spok Holdings's Dividend Yield % is 7.51%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Spok Holdings Inc is 1.56, which seems too high.

Warning Sign:

Spok Holdings Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

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


Competitive Comparison of Spok Holdings's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Spok Holdings's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-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.


Spok Holdings's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Spok Holdings's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spok Holdings's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Spok Holdings 5-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 least square regression.

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Spok Holdings  (NAS:SPOK) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

Spok Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=0.313/ 0.193
=1.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Spok Holdings was 1.56. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.72.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Spok Holdings Inc is 1.56, which seems too high.

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

Spok Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3125002024-11-182024-11-182024-12-09Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3125002024-08-192024-08-192024-09-09Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3125002024-05-232024-05-242024-06-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3125002024-03-142024-03-152024-03-29Cash 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.

Spok Holdings's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.25/16.6363
=7.51 %

Current Share Price is $16.6363.
Spok Holdings's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.25.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Spok Holdings was 15.18%. The lowest was 2.35%. And the median was 4.26%.

Warning Sign:

Spok Holdings Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

* 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.


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Spok Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5911 Kingstown Village Parkway, 6th Floor, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22315
Spok Holdings Inc is a provider of healthcare communications. It reports three market segments namely Healthcare, Government, and Large enterprise. The company provides paging services and software solutions in the United States and abroad. It provides services such as Value-Added Services, Advisory Services, Assessment Services and Adoption Services.
Executives
Michael W Wallace officer: Chief Financial Officer SAWGRASS CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL PARK, 14000 NW 4TH ST, SUNRISE FL 33325
Vincent D Kelly director, officer: President & CEO C/O RENTON MEDIA INC, 1300 EAST NINTH ST, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Todd J Stein director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Barbara Peterson Byrne director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22315
Sharon Woods-keisling officer: Corporate Secretary, Treasurer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Calvin Rice officer: Controller C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Randy Hyun director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 5911 KINGSTOWNE VILLAGE PARKWAY 6TH FLR, ALEXANDRIA VA 22315
Matthew Oristano director C/O ARCH WIRELESS INC, 1800 WEST PARK DR. #250, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Brian Oreilly director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Christine Cournoyer director 150 SHAW ROAD, CHESTNUT MA 02467
Brett A Shockley director 7125 NORTHLAND TERRACE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55428
Royce Yudkoff director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Stacia Hylton director 6850 VERSAR CENTER STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Tom Saine officer: Chief Technology Officer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDIRA VA 22306
Ted Peterman officer: Controller C/O SPōK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151