Ruffer Investment CoLSE:RICA -0.34%44 Shareholder Yield % is 2.12% as of Dec. 2025, which is 144% above its 10-year median of 0.87. GuruFocus rates LSE:RICA with a GF Score™ of 44/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,481 Asset Management companies, Ruffer Investment Co ranks worse than 59.69% 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, Ruffer Investment Co's Shareholder Yield % was 2.12%.
Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) Shareholder Yield % Explanation
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.
Ruffer Investment Co Shareholder Yield % Related Terms
Ruffer Investment Co Shareholder Yield % Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ruffer Investment Co'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.
LSE:RICA vs BLK, BX, KKR: Shareholder Yield % Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, Ruffer Investment Co'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.
Ruffer Investment Co Shareholder Yield % vs Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ruffer Investment Co's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ruffer Investment Co'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.
Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) has a Shareholder Yield % of 2.12% 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 Ruffer Investment Co and its competitors. This is 144% above median its historical median of 0.87. Over the past decade, Ruffer Investment Co's Shareholder Yield % has ranged from 0.61 to 20.23. According to the industry distribution chart, Ruffer Investment Co ranks #884 out of 1481 companies in the Asset Management industry, placing it in the top 59.7%.
Is Ruffer Investment Co's Shareholder Yield % too high?
Ruffer Investment Co's current Shareholder Yield % of 2.12% is 144% above median its 10-year median of 0.87. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 0.61 to a high of 20.23. The Asset Management industry median Shareholder Yield % is 4.16. Ruffer Investment Co's value of 2.12% is 49% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Ruffer Investment Co ranks #884 out of 1481 companies in the Asset Management industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, Ruffer Investment Co has a GF Score™ of 44/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ruffer Investment Co's Shareholder Yield % compare to BLK and BX?
According to the Asset Management industry distribution chart, Ruffer Investment Co ranks #884 out of 1481 companies for Shareholder Yield %. This places Ruffer Investment Co in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Shareholder Yield % is 4.16. Ruffer Investment Co's value of 2.12% is 49% below this benchmark. Historically, Ruffer Investment Co's own Shareholder Yield % has ranged from 0.61 to 20.23 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 0.87 vs. the industry median of 4.16, Ruffer Investment Co 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 Asset Management company?
The median Shareholder Yield % among Asset Management companies is 4.16, based on 1,481 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. Ruffer Investment Co's current Shareholder Yield % of 2.12% is 49% 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 Ruffer Investment Co and its competitors. For the Asset Management industry, the median Shareholder Yield % is 4.16 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Ruffer Investment Co's current Shareholder Yield % is 2.12%, which is 144% above median its own 10-year median of 0.87. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ruffer Investment Co stock overvalued right now?
Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) has a current Shareholder Yield % of 2.12%. The current Shareholder Yield % is 2.12%, which is 144% above median its 10-year median of 0.87 and 49% below the Asset Management industry median of 4.16. Ruffer Investment Co's overall GF Score™ is 44/100 with 2 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 Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA), the current Shareholder Yield % is 2.12% 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.
Ruffer Investment Co Ltd is a closed-end investment company. Its principal objective is to achieve a positive total annual return, after all expenses, of at least twice the Bank of England Bank Rate. The company adopts a stock picking approach and invests across a broad range of assets, geographies, and sectors including listed or quoted equities or equity-related securities, options, and bonds that are issued by corporate issuers, supra-nationals, or government organizations and investment in funds. It uses derivatives, including futures, options, swap agreements, structured products, warrants, and forward currency contracts, for efficient portfolio management. The majority part of the company's revenue comes from investment income such as dividends and interest.
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