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Associated British Foods (LSE:ABF) Dividend Yield % : 1.78% (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Associated British Foods Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-01), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Associated British Foods is 1.78%.

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Associated British Foods PLC stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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

LSE:ABF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.29   Med: 1.4   Max: 2.8
Current: 1.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Associated British Foods was 2.80%. The lowest was 0.29%. And the median was 1.40%.

LSE:ABF's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
61.51% of 1099 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.38 vs LSE:ABF: 1.78

Associated British Foods's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.38.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Associated British Foods was 0.50. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.33.

As of today (2024-05-01), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Associated British Foods is 2.03%.

Associated British Foods's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2024 was £0.33.

During the past 12 months, Associated British Foods's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -6.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Associated British Foods was 13.40% per year. The lowest was -46.90% per year. And the median was 7.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Associated British Foods Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Associated British Foods'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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Associated British Foods Dividend Yield % Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.00 1.68 0.31 2.25 2.21

Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 1.39 2.25 2.18 2.21 2.08

Competitive Comparison of Associated British Foods's Dividend Yield %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Associated British Foods'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.


Associated British Foods's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Associated British Foods's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Associated British Foods's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Associated British Foods Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Associated British Foods Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.3310002023-12-142023-12-152024-01-12Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.1420002023-06-012023-06-022023-07-07Cash 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.

Associated British Foods's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.473/26.56
=1.78 %

Current Share Price is £26.56.
Associated British Foods's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.473.

Associated British Foods's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.662/26.56
=2.49 %

Current Share Price is £26.56.
Associated British Foods's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.331 * 2 = £0.662.

* 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.


Associated British Foods  (LSE:ABF) 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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Associated British Foods (LSE:ABF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 Grosvenor Street, Weston Centre, London, GBR, W1K 4QY
Associated British Foods is a diversified international retail, food, and ingredients group with 130,000 employees and operations in 50 countries across Europe, southern Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. The group sells branded grocery products, grows and processes sugar, supplies farmers with crop input and animal feed, and runs the popular Primark clothing retail chain. It also supplies ingredients like baker's yeast, enzymes, lipids, and cereal specialities. Some 40% of sales are in the U.K., and Primark generates more than half of the firm's operating profit.

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