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abrdn Asia Focus (LSE:AAS) Dividend Yield % : 2.23% (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is abrdn Asia Focus Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-21), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of abrdn Asia Focus is 2.23%.

Warning Sign:

abrdn Asia Focus PLC stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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

LSE:AAS' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.85   Med: 1.14   Max: 3.43
Current: 2.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of abrdn Asia Focus was 3.43%. The lowest was 0.85%. And the median was 1.14%.

LSE:AAS's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
82.91% of 1217 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.48 vs LSE:AAS: 2.23

abrdn Asia Focus's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of abrdn Asia Focus was 0.69. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.12.

As of today (2024-05-21), the Forward Dividend Yield % of abrdn Asia Focus is 2.23%.

abrdn Asia Focus's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Jan. 2024 was £0.03.

During the past 12 months, abrdn Asia Focus'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 31.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 26.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of abrdn Asia Focus was 44.20% per year. The lowest was 1.60% per year. And the median was 7.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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abrdn Asia Focus Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for abrdn Asia Focus'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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abrdn Asia Focus Dividend Yield % Chart

abrdn Asia Focus Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.13 1.43 1.09 3.07 2.42

abrdn Asia Focus Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 1.11 3.07 3.04 2.42 2.48

Competitive Comparison of abrdn Asia Focus's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, abrdn Asia Focus'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.


abrdn Asia Focus's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, abrdn Asia Focus's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where abrdn Asia Focus's Dividend Yield % falls into.



abrdn Asia Focus Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

abrdn Asia Focus Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0160002024-02-222024-02-232024-03-21Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0160002023-11-232023-11-242023-12-20Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0161002023-08-242023-08-252023-09-20Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0160002023-05-252023-05-262023-06-23Cash DividendquarterlyGBP: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.

abrdn Asia Focus's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.0641/2.87
=2.23 %

Current Share Price is £2.87.
abrdn Asia Focus's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.0641.

abrdn Asia Focus's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.064/2.87
=2.23 %

Current Share Price is £2.87.
abrdn Asia Focus's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.016 * 4 = £0.064.

* 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.


abrdn Asia Focus  (LSE:AAS) 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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abrdn Asia Focus (LSE:AAS) Business Description

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Address
280 Bishopsgate, London, GBR, EC2M 4AG
abrdn Asia Focus PLC, formerly Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. Its investment objective is to maximize total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio of smaller quoted companies in the economies of Asia and Australasia, excluding Japan. The company uses gearing selectively to leverage its portfolio in order to enhance returns. It aims to achieve a spread of investments, with no single investment representing more than 15% of assets at the time of investment. The company seeks to diversify its portfolio across a range of industries and economies within the investment region.

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