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Gulf Bank KSC (KUW:GBK) Dividend Yield % : 3.45% (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is Gulf Bank KSC Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2025-03-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Gulf Bank KSC is 3.45%.

Warning Sign:

Gulf Bank KSC stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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

KUW:GBK' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 3.37   Max: 2898.55
Current: 3.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Gulf Bank KSC was 2898.55%. The lowest was 1.29%. And the median was 3.37%.

KUW:GBK's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
51.57% of 1239 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 3.73 vs KUW:GBK: 3.45

Gulf Bank KSC's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Gulf Bank KSC is 0.80, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Gulf Bank KSC was 1.11. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.40.

As of today (2025-03-25), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Gulf Bank KSC is 0.29%.

Gulf Bank KSC's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was KWD0.00.

During the past 12 months, Gulf Bank KSC's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 44.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Gulf Bank KSC was 44.20% per year. The lowest was -20.60% per year. And the median was 18.60% 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.


Gulf Bank KSC Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gulf Bank KSC'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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Gulf Bank KSC Dividend Yield % Chart

Gulf Bank KSC Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.02 1.79 2.23 3.56 3.68

Gulf Bank KSC Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 3.56 3.39 4.30 3.96 3.68

Competitive Comparison of Gulf Bank KSC's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Gulf Bank KSC'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.


Gulf Bank KSC's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Gulf Bank KSC's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulf Bank KSC's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Gulf Bank KSC Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Gulf Bank KSC Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
KWD 0.0120002024-04-072024-04-142024-04-18Cash DividendannuallyKWD:KWD 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.

Gulf Bank KSC's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.012/0.348
=3.45 %

Current Share Price is KWD0.348.
Gulf Bank KSC's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is KWD0.012.

Gulf Bank KSC's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.012/0.348
=3.45 %

Current Share Price is KWD0.348.
Gulf Bank KSC's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as KWD0.012 * 1 = KWD0.012.

* 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.


Gulf Bank KSC  (KUW:GBK) 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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Gulf Bank KSC Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Mubarak Al Kabir Street, P. O. Box 3200, Safat, Kuwait, KWT, 13032
Gulf Bank KSC is predominantly a Kuwait-based banking service company. The bank's business activities are mapped into two business lines which are Commercial Banking, and Treasury & Investments. Commercial Banking engages in the acceptance of deposits from individuals, corporate, and institutional customers, and providing consumer loans, overdrafts, credit card facilities, and funds transfer facilities to individuals; and other credit facilities to corporate and institutional customers. The Treasury & Investments segment provides money market, trading, and treasury services, as well as the management of the Bank's funding operations by use of Kuwait Government treasury bonds, government securities, placements, and acceptances with other banks.

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