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Eastern Bank (DHA:EBL) Dividend Yield % : 4.75% (As of May. 02, 2024)


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What is Eastern Bank Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-02), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Eastern Bank is 4.75%.

Good Sign:

Eastern Bank Plc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

DHA:EBL' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.37   Med: 4.58   Max: 6.52
Current: 4.75

During the past 9 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Eastern Bank was 6.52%. The lowest was 3.37%. And the median was 4.58%.

DHA:EBL's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
60.73% of 1207 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 3.99 vs DHA:EBL: 4.75

Eastern Bank's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 9 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Eastern Bank was 0.58. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.41.

As of today (2024-05-02), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Eastern Bank is 4.75%.

Eastern Bank's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was BDT0.00.

During the past 12 months, Eastern Bank's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -0.40% per year.

During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Eastern Bank was 9.90% per year. The lowest was -6.10% per year. And the median was 5.35% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Eastern Bank Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastern Bank'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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Eastern Bank Dividend Yield % Chart

Eastern Bank Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 6.02 4.17 4.55 3.93 4.25

Eastern Bank Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.93 3.93 4.25 4.25 4.25

Competitive Comparison of Eastern Bank's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Eastern Bank'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.


Eastern Bank's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Eastern Bank's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Bank's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Eastern Bank Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Eastern Bank Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
BDT 1.2500002024-04-032024-04-020000-00-00Cash DividendannuallyBDT:BDT 1.000000
BDT 1.1110002023-05-072023-05-032023-07-12Cash DividendannuallyBDT:BDT 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.

Eastern Bank's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.361/26.30
=8.98 %

Current Share Price is BDT26.30.
Eastern Bank's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is BDT2.361.

Eastern Bank's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.111/26.30
=4.22 %

Current Share Price is BDT26.30.
Eastern Bank's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as BDT1.111 * 1 = BDT1.111.

* 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.


Eastern Bank  (DHA:EBL) 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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Eastern Bank (DHA:EBL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
100 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan, Dhaka, BGD, 1212
Eastern Bank Plc is a commercial bank. It provides a full range of real-time online banking services such as retail loan products, business loans, LC trade, deposits, through all Branches, ATMs and Internet Banking Channels. The reportable segments of the group are DBO (Domestic Banking Operation), OBO (Offshore Banking Operation), EBL Securities Limited (EBLSL), EBL Investments Limited (EBLIL), EBL Finance (HK) Limited and EBL Asset Management Limited (EBLAML).

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