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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) (CHIX:BGFDL) Dividend Yield % : 1.44% (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-12), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) is 1.44%.

Good Sign:

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:BGFDl' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07   Med: 0.58   Max: 1.44
Current: 1.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) was 1.44%. The lowest was 0.07%. And the median was 0.58%.

CHIX:BGFDl's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
90.7% of 1183 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.75 vs CHIX:BGFDl: 1.44

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Aug. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) was 0.14. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.07.

As of today (2024-12-12), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) is 1.44%.

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Aug. 2024 was £0.00.

During the past 12 months, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 30.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 63.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) was 115.40% per year. The lowest was 30.50% per year. And the median was 37.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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


Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'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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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Chart

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 0.44 0.78 1.22 1.32

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Quarterly Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 0.78 1.19 1.22 1.35 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'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.


Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % falls into.



Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.1000002024-11-142024-11-152024-12-18Cash DividendannuallyGBP:GBP 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.

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.1/6.94
=1.44 %

Current Share Price is £6.94.
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.1.

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.1/6.94
=1.44 %

Current Share Price is £6.94.
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.1 * 1 = £0.1.

* 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.


Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The)  (CHIX:BGFDl) 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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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Calton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, GBR, EH1 3AN
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) PLC is an investment company based in the United Kingdom. The company aims to achieve long-term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller-sized Japanese companies, which have above average prospects for growth. It invests in various sectors, such as commerce and services; manufacturing and machinery; electrical and electronics; retail; real estate and construction; information, communication and utilities, chemicals, financials, and pharmaceuticals among others.

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