If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of UPM-Kymmene Oyj is 1.15, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of UPM-Kymmene Oyj was 2.08. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.54.
During the past 12 months, UPM-Kymmene Oyj's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 100.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of UPM-Kymmene Oyj was 20.10% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 7.70% 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.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for UPM-Kymmene Oyj'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 UPM-Kymmene Oyj's Dividend Yield %
For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, UPM-Kymmene Oyj'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.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, UPM-Kymmene Oyj's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UPM-Kymmene Oyj's Dividend Yield % falls into.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
EUR 0.750000
2024-10-30
2024-10-31
2024-11-07
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
EUR:EUR 1.000000
EUR 0.750000
2024-04-05
2024-04-08
2024-04-16
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
EUR:EUR 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.
UPM-Kymmene Oyj's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
* 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.
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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UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a Finnish paper and biomaterials company. The company produces products related to the forestry industry including paper, pulp, and plywood. UPM is also a major electricity generator in Finland and is one of the global producers of self-adhesive labeling materials. It delivers responsible solutions and innovation for a future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers, and UPM Plywood. Geographically, the company has operational footprints in Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, and other regions.
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