As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Amcor is 5.50%.
Good Sign:
Amcor PLC stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Amcor's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
ASX:AMC'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.1 Med: 4.05 Max: 5.78
Current: 5.5
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Amcor was 5.78%. The lowest was 1.10%. And the median was 4.05%.
ASX:AMC's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 87.01% of 254
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.435
vs ASX:AMC: 5.50
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Amcor PLC is 0.87, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Amcor was 1.05. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 0.73.
Amcor's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.20.
During the past 12 months, Amcor's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Amcor was 1.60% per year. The lowest was 1.60% per year. And the median was 1.60% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Amcor Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Amcor's Dividend 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.
Competitive Comparison of Amcor's Dividend Yield %
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Amcor's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend 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.
Amcor's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Amcor's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Amcor's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Amcor Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Amcor Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
AUD 0.190
2024-02-27
2024-02-28
2024-03-19
Cash Dividend
quarterly
AUD:AUD 1.000000
AUD 0.197
2023-11-21
2023-11-22
2023-12-12
Cash Dividend
quarterly
AUD:AUD 1.000000
AUD 0.188
2023-09-06
2023-09-07
2023-09-27
Cash Dividend
quarterly
AUD:AUD 1.000000
AUD 0.184
2023-05-23
2023-05-24
2023-06-20
Cash Dividend
quarterly
AUD: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.
Amcor's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.759
/
13.81
=
5.50 %
Current Share Price is A$13.81.
Amcor's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is A$0.759.
Amcor's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.76
/
13.81
=
5.50 %
Current Share Price is A$13.81.
Amcor's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as A$0.19 * 4 = A$0.76.
* 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.
Amcor (ASX:AMC) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Amcor is a global manufacturer of flexible and rigid plastic packaging and provides packaging solutions to the food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, medical, household, personal care, and industrials sectors. Operations span more than 40 countries and over 200 locations. Around half of group sales are derived from North America, one quarter from Europe, and the remainder from emerging markets. Amcor operates two distinct businesses: flexibles and rigids. Flexibles accounts for about 80% of earnings and produces plastic, aluminium, and fibre-based packaging. Rigids accounts for about 20% of earnings and consists primarily of hot-fill and cold-fill polyethylene terephthalate bottling solutions in the North American and Latin American markets.
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