Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund) Dividend Yield % : 3.47% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Dividend Yield % Chart

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Semi-Annual Data
	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Dividend Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								3.76	7.94	9.59	0.68	0.62

Competitive Comparison of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund'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.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividend Yield % falls into.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

* 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.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $7.67.
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.266.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $7.67.
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.266 * 1 = $0.266.

* 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.

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund  (NYSE:JOF) 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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