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Famous Brands (JSE:FBR) Dividend Yield % : 5.66% (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is Famous Brands Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Famous Brands is 5.66%.

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

JSE:FBR' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.36   Med: 2.68   Max: 7.79
Current: 5.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Famous Brands was 7.79%. The lowest was 1.36%. And the median was 2.68%.

JSE:FBR's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
90.05% of 201 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.63 vs JSE:FBR: 5.66

Famous Brands's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was 0.75.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Famous Brands was 0.80. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.60.

As of today (2025-03-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Famous Brands is 5.66%.

Famous Brands's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Aug. 2024 was R1.64.

During the past 12 months, Famous Brands's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -16.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Famous Brands was 75.30% per year. The lowest was -11.90% per year. And the median was 26.60% 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.


Famous Brands Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Famous Brands'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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Famous Brands Dividend Yield % Chart

Famous Brands Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.54 - - 1.95 6.55

Famous Brands Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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 - 1.95 6.03 6.55 5.15

Competitive Comparison of Famous Brands's Dividend Yield %

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Famous Brands'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.


Famous Brands's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Famous Brands's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Famous Brands's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Famous Brands Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Famous Brands Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
ZAR 1.5000002024-12-182024-12-202024-12-23Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyZAR:ZAR 1.000000
ZAR 1.6400002024-07-172024-07-192024-07-22Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyZAR:ZAR 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.

Famous Brands's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.14/55.49
=5.66 %

Current Share Price is R55.49.
Famous Brands's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is R3.14.

Famous Brands's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3/55.49
=5.41 %

Current Share Price is R55.49.
Famous Brands's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as R1.5 * 2 = R3.

* 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.


Famous Brands  (JSE:FBR) 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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Famous Brands Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
478 James Crescent, P.O. Box 2884, Halfway House, Midrand, GT, ZAF, 1685
Famous Brands Ltd owns a portfolio of roughly 30 restaurant chains in Africa and the United Kingdom. Its brands include Steers, Wimpy, Debonairs Pizza, Fishaways, Mr Biggs, and Mugg & Bean. Franchisees operate all of the company's restaurants. Most of the company's revenue comes from its supply chain segment, which is responsible for manufacturing restaurant items and delivering the products to the company's franchisees and other customers. More than three fourths of Famous Brands' restaurants are in South Africa.