Dividend Select 15DVVDF 24 Shareholder Yield % is 22.41% as of Nov. 2025, which is 91% above its 10-year median of 11.76. GuruFocus rates DVVDF with a GF Score™ of 24/100. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,473 Asset Management companies, Dividend Select 15 ranks better than 92.4% on this metric.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return.
As of today, Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % was 22.41%.
Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."
Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.
Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.
Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.
Dividend Select 15 Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Dividend Select 15 Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % can be seen below:
* 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.
DVVDF vs BLK, BX, KKR: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder 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.
Dividend Select 15 Shareholder Yield % vs Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % falls into.
* 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.
* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.
Dividend Select 15 (DVVDF) has a Shareholder Yield % of 22.41% as of Nov. 2025. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Dividend Select 15 and its competitors. This is 91% above median its historical median of 11.76. According to the industry distribution chart, Dividend Select 15 ranks #112 out of 1473 companies in the Asset Management industry, placing it in the top 7.6%.
Is Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % too high?
Dividend Select 15's current Shareholder Yield % of 22.41% is 91% above median its 10-year median of 11.76. The Asset Management industry median Shareholder Yield % is 4.19. Dividend Select 15's value of 22.41% is 434.8% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Dividend Select 15 ranks #112 out of 1473 companies in the Asset Management industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Dividend Select 15 has a GF Score™ of 24/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Dividend Select 15's Shareholder Yield % compare to BLK and BX?
According to the Asset Management industry distribution chart, Dividend Select 15 ranks #112 out of 1473 companies for Shareholder Yield %. This places Dividend Select 15 in the top 8% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 4.19. Dividend Select 15's value of 22.41% is 434.8% above this benchmark. While the company's 10-year median is 11.76 vs. the industry median of 4.19, Dividend Select 15 has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Shareholder Yield % for an Asset Management company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Asset Management companies is 4.19, based on 1,473 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Shareholder Yield % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Shareholder Yield % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Dividend Select 15's current Shareholder Yield % of 22.41% is 434.8% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Shareholder Yield % mean?
A high Shareholder Yield % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Shareholder Yield is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. View historical data on Dividend Select 15 and its competitors. For the Asset Management industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 4.19 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Dividend Select 15's current Shareholder Yield % is 22.41%, which is 91% above median its own 10-year median of 11.76. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Dividend Select 15 stock overvalued right now?
Dividend Select 15 (DVVDF) has a current Shareholder Yield % of 22.41%. The current Shareholder Yield % is 22.41%, which is 91% above median its 10-year median of 11.76 and 434.8% above the Asset Management industry median of 4.19. Dividend Select 15's overall GF Score™ is 24/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Shareholder Yield % calculated?
Shareholder Yield % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Dividend Select 15 (DVVDF), the current Shareholder Yield % is 22.41% as of Nov. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Dividend Select 15 Corp is a mutual fund corporation based in Canada. Its investment objective is to provide equity shareholders with monthly cash distributions, currently targeted to be at a rate of 10 percent annualized based on the volume-weighted average market price of the Equity shares for the last three trading days of the preceding month; and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The company invests in an actively managed portfolio of common shares of fifteen core large-capitalization, Canadian companies selected from a portfolio universe of over twenty companies. It employs an active covered call writing program to enhance the income earned from the portfolio.
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