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Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF) Dividend Yield % : 4.51% (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Airtel Africa Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-14), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Airtel Africa is 4.51%.

Good Sign:

Airtel Africa PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

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

LSE:AAF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3.83   Max: 8.74
Current: 4.51

During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Airtel Africa was 8.74%. The lowest was 2.00%. And the median was 3.83%.

LSE:AAF's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
55.5% of 218 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.035 vs LSE:AAF: 4.51

Airtel Africa's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Airtel Africa was 0.48. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.27.

As of today (2024-12-14), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Airtel Africa is 4.51%.

Airtel Africa's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was £0.00.

During the past 12 months, Airtel Africa's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.00% per year.

During the past 8 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Airtel Africa was 21.50% per year. The lowest was 12.00% per year. And the median was 16.75% 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.


Airtel Africa Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Airtel Africa'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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Airtel Africa Dividend Yield % Chart

Airtel Africa Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.65 4.40 2.32 4.02 4.24

Airtel Africa Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 3.44 3.44 4.24 3.96 4.17

Competitive Comparison of Airtel Africa's Dividend Yield %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Airtel Africa'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.


Airtel Africa's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Airtel Africa's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Airtel Africa's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Airtel Africa Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Airtel Africa Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0202112024-11-072024-11-082024-12-13Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0280572024-06-202024-06-212024-07-26Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 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.

Airtel Africa's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.048268/1.071
=4.51 %

Current Share Price is £1.071.
Airtel Africa's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.048268.

Airtel Africa's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.040422/1.071
=3.77 %

Current Share Price is £1.071.
Airtel Africa's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.020211 * 2 = £0.040422.

* 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.


Airtel Africa  (LSE:AAF) 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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Airtel Africa Business Description

Address
53/54 Grosvenor Street, First Floor, London, GBR, W1K 3HU
Airtel Africa PLC is engaged in providing affordable and inventive mobile services. The principal activities of the company primarily consist of the provision of telecommunications and mobile money services. The company's segment includes Nigeria mobile services; East Africa mobile services; Francophone Africa mobile services; Mobile money and others. It generates maximum revenue from the Nigeria mobile services segment. Nigeria's mobile services segment comprises mobile service operations in Nigeria.

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