During the past 12 months, Lewis Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 28.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Lewis Group was 68.90% per year. The lowest was -27.10% per year. And the median was 8.50% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Lewis Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lewis Group'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 Lewis Group's Dividend Yield %
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Lewis Group'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.
Lewis Group's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lewis Group's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lewis Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Lewis Group Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Lewis Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
ZAR 2.000000
2024-01-17
2024-01-19
2024-01-22
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
ZAR:ZAR 1.000000
ZAR 2.180000
2023-07-19
2023-07-21
2023-07-24
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
ZAR: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.
Lewis Group's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
4.18
/
59.50
=
7.03 %
Current Share Price is R59.50. Lewis Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is R4.18.
Lewis Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
4
/
59.50
=
6.72 %
Current Share Price is R59.50. Lewis Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as R2 * 2 = R4.
* 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.
Lewis Group (JSE:LEW) 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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Lewis Group Ltd is a South Africa-based retailer of household furniture and electrical appliances through its three trading brands, Lewis, Beares, and Best Home and Electric. Lewis sells a range of household furniture, electrical appliances, and home electronics to customers in the LSM 4 to 7 categories. Best Home and Electric is a retailer of electrical appliances, sound and vision equipment, and furniture, targeting LSM 4 to 7 customers. Its operating segments are Traditional retail and Cash retail. Beares is a retailer of upmarket furniture, electrical appliances, and home electronics to customers in the LSM 6 to 9 categories.
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