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Gold Fields (BUE:GFI) Dividend Yield % : 2.16% (As of Mar. 26, 2025)


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What is Gold Fields Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Gold Fields is 2.16%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gold Fields's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:GFI' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32   Med: 1.56   Max: 4.36
Current: 2.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Gold Fields was 4.36%. The lowest was 0.32%. And the median was 1.56%.

BUE:GFI's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
59.15% of 306 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs BUE:GFI: 2.16

Gold Fields's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.62.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Gold Fields was 0.96. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.29.

As of today (2025-03-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Gold Fields is 2.16%.

Gold Fields's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was ARS198.26.

During the past 12 months, Gold Fields's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 52.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 69.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 34.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Gold Fields was 98.60% per year. The lowest was -58.70% per year. And the median was 4.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Gold Fields Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gold Fields'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.

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Gold Fields Dividend Yield % Chart

Gold Fields Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.85 1.56 1.26 0.79

Gold Fields Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.43 1.26 1.05 0.79 1.23

Competitive Comparison of Gold Fields's Dividend Yield %

For the Gold subindustry, Gold Fields'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.


Gold Fields's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Gold Fields's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gold Fields's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Gold Fields Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Gold Fields Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3859322025-03-142025-03-142025-03-27Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:ARS 1068.740967
USD 0.1692462024-09-132024-09-132024-09-26Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:ARS 950.500000

* 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.

Gold Fields's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=573.32966187624/26725.00
=2.15 %

Current Share Price is ARS26725.00.
Gold Fields's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is ARS573.32966187624.

Gold Fields's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=824.92267775249/26725.00
=3.09 %

Current Share Price is ARS26725.00.
Gold Fields's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as ARS412.46133887624 * 2 = ARS824.92267775249.

* 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.


Gold Fields  (BUE:GFI) 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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Gold Fields Business Description

Address
150 Helen Road, Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
Gold Fields Ltd is a producer of gold and is a holder of gold reserves and resources in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. In Peru, the company also produces copper. The company is involved in underground and surface gold and surface copper mining and silver and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and smelting. It conducts underground and surface mining operations at St. Ives, underground-only operations at Agnew, Granny Smith and South Deep and surface-only open pit mining at Damang, Tarkwa and Cerro Corona. The company's revenues are derived from the sale of gold that it produces.

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