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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Dividend Yield % : 3.74% (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-05), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) is 3.74%.

Warning Sign:

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) PLC stock dividend yield is close to 5-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:EDIN' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.2   Med: 3.8   Max: 7.35
Current: 3.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) was 7.35%. The lowest was 3.20%. And the median was 3.80%.

LSE:EDIN's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
70.24% of 1213 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.57 vs LSE:EDIN: 3.74

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.58.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) was 1.43. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.31.

As of today (2024-05-05), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) is 3.82%.

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.13.

During the past 12 months, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) was 14.30% per year. The lowest was -6.70% per year. And the median was 3.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'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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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Chart

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.27 6.52 4.64 3.79 3.88

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 3.93 3.79 4.48 3.88 3.92

Competitive Comparison of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividend Yield % falls into.



Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0690002024-05-022024-05-032024-05-24Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0670002024-02-012024-02-022024-02-23Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0670002023-11-022023-11-032023-11-24Cash DividendquarterlyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0670002023-06-082023-06-092023-07-28Cash 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.

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.27/7.22
=3.74 %

Current Share Price is £7.22.
Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.27.

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.276/7.22
=3.82 %

Current Share Price is £7.22.
Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.069 * 4 = £0.276.

* 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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)  (LSE:EDIN) 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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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9 Haymarket Square, First Floor, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 8RY
Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) PLC is an investment trust whose investment objective is to invest in UK securities. The company business consists of investing the pooled funds of its shareholders, according to a specified investment objective and policy, with the mission of spreading investment risk and generating a return for shareholders with the long-term objective of achieving an increase of the net asset value per share in excess of the growth in the FTSE All-Share Index and growth in dividends per share in excess of the rate of UK inflation.

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