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Watawala Plantations (COL:WATA.N0000) Dividend Yield % : 13.33% (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Watawala Plantations Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-13), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Watawala Plantations is 13.33%.

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

COL:WATA.N0000' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.06   Med: 7.58   Max: 20.62
Current: 13.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Watawala Plantations was 20.62%. The lowest was 2.06%. And the median was 7.58%.

COL:WATA.N0000's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
99.11% of 1122 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.42 vs COL:WATA.N0000: 13.33

Watawala Plantations's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Watawala Plantations PLC is 1.75, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Watawala Plantations was 1.75. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.56.

As of today (2024-12-13), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Watawala Plantations is 13.33%.

Watawala Plantations's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was රු0.00.

During the past 12 months, Watawala Plantations's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 50.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 26.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Watawala Plantations was 77.60% per year. The lowest was -16.20% per year. And the median was 40.95% 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.


Watawala Plantations Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Watawala Plantations'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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Watawala Plantations Dividend Yield % Chart

Watawala Plantations Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.88 10.51 9.65 18.79 13.53

Watawala Plantations Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 13.12 16.62 13.53 12.38 16.18

Competitive Comparison of Watawala Plantations's Dividend Yield %

For the Farm Products subindustry, Watawala Plantations'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.


Watawala Plantations's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Watawala Plantations's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Watawala Plantations's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Watawala Plantations Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Watawala Plantations Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
LKR 8.0000002024-11-212024-11-222024-12-10Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyLKR:LKR 1.000000
LKR 7.0000002024-07-012024-07-022024-07-18Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyLKR:LKR 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.

Watawala Plantations's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=15/112.50
=13.33 %

Current Share Price is රු112.50.
Watawala Plantations's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is රු15.

Watawala Plantations's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=16/112.50
=14.22 %

Current Share Price is රු112.50.
Watawala Plantations's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as රු8 * 2 = රු16.

* 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.


Watawala Plantations  (COL:WATA.N0000) 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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Watawala Plantations Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No 60, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 03
Watawala Plantations PLC engages in the provision of agricultural products. It operates through the following segments: Palm Oil, Dairy, and others. Its Dairy segment provides various dairy products. The Palm Oil segment includes producing crude and kernel palm oil and generates the majority of revenue for the company. It is also involved in the marketing of tea products.

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