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Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) Dividend Yield % : 1.33% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Ruffer Investment Co Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Ruffer Investment Co is 1.33%.

Good Sign:

Ruffer Investment Co Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.

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

LSE:RICA' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 0.97   Max: 1.73
Current: 1.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Ruffer Investment Co was 1.73%. The lowest was 0.59%. And the median was 0.97%.

LSE:RICA's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
90.7% of 1215 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.65 vs LSE:RICA: 1.33

Ruffer Investment Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.71.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Ruffer Investment Co was 0.82. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.17.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Ruffer Investment Co is 1.33%.

Ruffer Investment Co's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.02.

During the past 12 months, Ruffer Investment Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -5.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Ruffer Investment Co was 11.00% per year. The lowest was -19.10% per year. And the median was 1.90% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Ruffer Investment Co Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ruffer Investment Co'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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Ruffer Investment Co Dividend Yield % Chart

Ruffer Investment Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.83 0.76 0.66 0.78 0.94

Ruffer Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.61 0.78 0.88 0.94 1.09

Competitive Comparison of Ruffer Investment Co's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Ruffer Investment Co'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.


Ruffer Investment Co's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Ruffer Investment Co's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ruffer Investment Co's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Ruffer Investment Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Ruffer Investment Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0202024-03-072024-03-082024-03-22Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0172023-10-122023-10-132023-10-27Cash 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.

Ruffer Investment Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.037/2.735
=1.35 %

Current Share Price is £2.735.
Ruffer Investment Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.037.

Ruffer Investment Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.04/2.735
=1.46 %

Current Share Price is £2.735.
Ruffer Investment Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.02 * 2 = £0.04.

* 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.


Ruffer Investment Co  (LSE:RICA) 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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Ruffer Investment Co (LSE:RICA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Royal Plaza, Royal Avenue, Saint Peter Port, GGY, GY1 2HL
Ruffer Investment Co Ltd is a closed-end investment company. Its principal objective is to achieve a positive total annual return. The company adopts a stock picking approach and invests across a broad range of assets, geographies and sectors including listed or quoted equities or equity related securities, options, and bonds which are issued by corporate issuers, supra-nationals or government organizations and investment in funds. It uses derivatives, including futures, options, swap agreements, structured products, warrants and forward currency contracts, for efficient portfolio management. The major part of the company's revenue comes from investment income such as dividend and interest.

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