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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, Aspen Insurance Holdings's Shareholder Yield % was 1.09%.
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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Aspen Insurance Holdings Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
* 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.
FRA:8ZV vs CB, PGR, TRV: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Aspen Insurance Holdings'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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Shareholder Yield % vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aspen Insurance Holdings's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Aspen Insurance Holdings'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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV) has a Shareholder Yield % of 1.09% as of Dec. 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 Aspen Insurance Holdings and its competitors. This is 82% above median its historical median of 0.60.
Is Aspen Insurance Holdings' Shareholder Yield % too high?
Aspen Insurance Holdings' current Shareholder Yield % of 1.09% is 82% above median its 10-year median of 0.60. The Insurance industry median Shareholder Yield % is 2.74. Aspen Insurance Holdings' value of 1.09% is 60.2% below this industry median. Overall, Aspen Insurance Holdings has a GF Score™ of 31/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Aspen Insurance Holdings' Shareholder Yield % compare to CB and PGR?
Aspen Insurance Holdings' Shareholder Yield % of 1.09% can be compared against companies in the Insurance industry. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 2.74. Aspen Insurance Holdings' value of 1.09% is 60.2% below this benchmark. While the company's 10-year median is 0.60 vs. the industry median of 2.74, Aspen Insurance Holdings has consistently been below 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 Insurance company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Insurance companies is 2.74, based on 489 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. Aspen Insurance Holdings's current Shareholder Yield % of 1.09% is 60.2% below 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 Aspen Insurance Holdings and its competitors. For the Insurance industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 2.74 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Aspen Insurance Holdings's current Shareholder Yield % is 1.09%, which is 82% above median its own 10-year median of 0.60. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Aspen Insurance Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV) has a current Shareholder Yield % of 1.09%. The current Shareholder Yield % is 1.09%, which is 82% above median its 10-year median of 0.60 and 60.2% below the Insurance industry median of 2.74. Aspen Insurance Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 31/100 with 4 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 Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV), the current Shareholder Yield % is 1.09% as of Dec. 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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd is a Bermudian insurance and reinsurance company. Its principal business is marketing and underwriting specialty insurance and reinsurance regularly. It comprises underwriting operations, which include risk-bearing insurance and reinsurance operations; Investing activities, which support underwriting operations; and ACM operations, which earn underwriting, management, and performance fees. It has two segments: Aspen Insurance and Aspen Reinsurance. Aspen Insurance consists of property and casualty insurance, marine, aviation, energy insurance, and financial and professional lines insurance. Aspen Reinsurance comprises property catastrophe reinsurance, other property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, and specialty reinsurance.
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