As of today (2024-06-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of EC Healthcare is 3.73%.
The historical rank and industry rank for EC Healthcare's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
HKSE:02138'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73 Med: 1.92 Max: 8.4
Current: 3.73
During the past 9 years, the highest Dividend Yield of EC Healthcare was 8.40%. The lowest was 0.73%. And the median was 1.92%.
HKSE:02138's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 74.54% of 271
companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.98
vs HKSE:02138: 3.73
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of EC Healthcare is 11.11, which seems too high.
During the past 9 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of EC Healthcare was 11.11. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.63.
During the past 12 months, EC Healthcare's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -30.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -22.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year.
During the past 9 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of EC Healthcare was 69.70% per year. The lowest was -22.50% per year. And the median was 19.55% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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EC Healthcare Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for EC Healthcare'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 EC Healthcare's Dividend Yield %
For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, EC Healthcare'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.
EC Healthcare's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry
For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, EC Healthcare's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where EC Healthcare's Dividend Yield % falls into.
EC Healthcare Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
EC Healthcare Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
HKD 0.005000
2023-12-28
2024-01-02
2024-01-19
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
HKD:HKD 1.000000
HKD 0.042000
2023-09-04
2023-09-05
2023-09-18
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
HKD:HKD 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.
EC Healthcare's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.047
/
1.26
=
3.73 %
Current Share Price is HK$1.26. EC Healthcare's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is HK$0.047.
EC Healthcare's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.01
/
1.26
=
0.79 %
Current Share Price is HK$1.26. EC Healthcare's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as HK$0.005 * 2 = HK$0.01.
* 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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EC Healthcare is a Hong Kong-based non-hospital medical service provider. The principal activities of the group include the provision of medical services; aesthetic medical services, comprising medical aesthetics and dental services; beauty and wellness services, comprising traditional beauty, haircare, and ancillary wellness services; and the sale of skincare, healthcare and beauty products. The group caters to its services through the operating segments of Medical which is the key revenue generator segment and Aesthetic medical, beauty and wellness, and Veterinary and others. Geographically, the group has a business presence in Hong Kong, Macau, and the PRC.
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