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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LSE:BGUK) Dividend Yield % : 3.09% (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-13), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is 3.09%.

Good Sign:

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:BGUK' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.21   Med: 2.5   Max: 3.61
Current: 3.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust was 3.61%. The lowest was 1.21%. And the median was 2.50%.

LSE:BGUK's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
76.94% of 1184 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.75 vs LSE:BGUK: 3.09

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.38.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust was 22.50. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 1.50.

As of today (2024-12-13), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust is 3.09%.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Oct. 2024 was £0.06.

During the past 12 months, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 55.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -5.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust was 17.10% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 4.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust'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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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Dividend Yield % Chart

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.83 1.27 1.39 2.33 2.20

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Semi-Annual Data
Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24
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 2.61 2.33 2.51 2.20 3.16

Competitive Comparison of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust'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.


Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0560002024-08-152024-08-162024-09-13Cash DividendannuallyGBP: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.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.056/1.81
=3.09 %

Current Share Price is £1.81.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.056.

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.056/1.81
=3.09 %

Current Share Price is £1.81.
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.056 * 1 = £0.056.

* 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.


Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust  (LSE:BGUK) 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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Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
28 St James’s Square, Grimaldi House, London, GBR, SW1Y 4JH
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust PLC is an investment company and carries on business as an investment trust. The principal investment objective of the company is to achieve capital growth predominantly from investment in UK equities, to provide a total return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index. The portfolio predominantly consists of securities of listed UK equities from different sectors.

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