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WH Smith (WH Smith) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 0.00% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is WH Smith 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.26.

During the past 12 months, WH Smith's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 217.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -25.10% 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 WH Smith was 17.20% per year. The lowest was -25.10% per year. And the median was 14.10% per year.

WH Smith's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.91. As of today, WH Smith's Dividend Yield % is 2.42%.

Good Sign:

WH Smith PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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Competitive Comparison of WH Smith's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith'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.


WH Smith's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WH Smith's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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



WH Smith 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.

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.


WH Smith  (OTCPK:WHTPF) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

WH Smith's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Feb. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=0.263/ 0.289
=0.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of WH Smith was 0.48. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.43.

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

WH Smith Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.2080002024-01-112024-01-122024-02-01Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:USD 1.270648
GBP 0.0810002023-07-132023-07-142023-08-03Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:USD 1.288660

* 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.

WH Smith's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.368676244/15.15
=2.43 %

Current Share Price is $15.15.
WH Smith's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.368676244.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of WH Smith was 6.67%. The lowest was 1.16%. And the median was 2.39%.

Good Sign:

WH Smith PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

* 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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WH Smith (WH Smith) Business Description

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Address
Greenbridge Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN3 3RX
WH Smith PLC is a U.K. retailer selling a wide range of products. Its two core business segments are travel and high street. WHSmith's travel stores offer products such as food, drink, publications, books, and tech accessories and other products to travelers. This segment operates predominantly in airports, railway stations, hospitals, and workplaces across Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India. The high street segment operates stores in the United Kingdom, predominantly on the U.K. high street. The high street segment sells products into the following categories: stationery, books, newspapers, magazines, and confectionery. WH Smith also has an online retail business that sells a range of books, stationery, magazines, and gifts through its websites.

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