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ALS (ASX:ALQ) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 15.50% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is ALS 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

ALS's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$0.19.

During the past 12 months, ALS's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.80% 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 ALS was 55.60% per year. The lowest was -35.60% per year. And the median was 11.25% per year.

ALS's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.60. As of today, ALS's Dividend Yield % is 2.98%.

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Competitive Comparison of ALS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Consulting Services subindustry, ALS'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.


ALS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, ALS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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



ALS 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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ALS  (ASX:ALQ) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

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

ALS's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=0.194/ 0.325
=0.60

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of ALS was 4.23. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 0.73.

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

ALS Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
AUD 0.1962023-11-232023-11-242023-12-14Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyAUD:AUD 1.000000
AUD 0.1942023-06-092023-06-132023-07-06Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyAUD:AUD 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.

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

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.39/13.07
=2.98 %

Current Share Price is A$13.07.
ALS's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is A$0.39.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of ALS was 10.19%. The lowest was 1.06%. And the median was 2.76%.

* 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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ALS (ASX:ALQ) Business Description

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299 Coronation Drive, Level 2, Milton, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4064
Founded in the 1880s and listing on the ASX in 1952, ALS operates three divisions: commodities, life sciences, and industrial. ALS commodities traditionally generated the majority of underlying earnings, providing geochemistry, metallurgy, inspection and mine site services for the global mining industry. Expansion into environmental, pharmaceutical and food testing areas and commodity price weakness have lessened earnings exposure to commodities.

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