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Shaw Communications (FRA:SWC) Dividend Yield % : 3.12% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Shaw Communications Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Shaw Communications is 3.12%.

Warning Sign:

Shaw Communications Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

FRA:SWC' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.92   Med: 4.26   Max: 6.2
Current: 3.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Shaw Communications was 6.20%. The lowest was 2.92%. And the median was 4.26%.

FRA:SWC's Dividend Yield % is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.155 vs FRA:SWC: 3.12

Shaw Communications's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Nov. 2022 was 0.87.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Shaw Communications Inc is 0.81, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Shaw Communications was 19.75. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 0.83.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Shaw Communications is 2.92%.

Shaw Communications's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Nov. 2022 was €0.22.

During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Shaw Communications was 114.00% per year. The lowest was 1.00% per year. And the median was 7.85% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Shaw Communications Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shaw Communications's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

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Shaw Communications Dividend Yield % Chart

Shaw Communications Annual Data
Trend Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.47 4.54 5.01 3.16 3.29

Shaw Communications Quarterly Data
Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22
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 3.13 3.07 3.15 3.29 3.33

Competitive Comparison of Shaw Communications's Dividend Yield %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shaw Communications'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.


Shaw Communications's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Shaw Communications's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shaw Communications's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Shaw Communications Dividend Yield % Calculation

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


Shaw Communications  (FRA:SWC) 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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Shaw Communications (FRA:SWC) Business Description

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Address
630 - 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900, Finance Department, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4L4
Shaw Communications is a Canadian cable company that is one of the biggest providers of internet, television, and landline telephone services in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario. In fiscal 2021, more than 75% of Shaw's total revenue resulted from this wireline business. Shaw now also offers wireless service over most of Canada's population footprint after acquiring Wind Mobile in 2016. As a smaller carrier, Shaw has favored bidding status in spectrum auctions, giving it a further boost in enhancing its wireless network. At the 2019 auction, Shaw added significant amounts of 600 MHz spectrum to the 700 MHz spectrum it is currently deploying.

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