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Spok Holdings (Spok Holdings) Dividend Yield %

: 8.40% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Spok Holdings is 8.40%.

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

SPOK' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.35   Med: 3.56   Max: 15.18
Current: 8.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Spok Holdings was 15.18%. The lowest was 2.35%. And the median was 3.56%.

SPOK's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
94.19% of 258 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 1.945 vs SPOK: 8.40

Spok Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.57.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Spok Holdings Inc is 1.56, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Spok Holdings was 1.56. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.72.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Spok Holdings is 8.40%.

Spok Holdings's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.31.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 35.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Spok Holdings was 115.40% per year. The lowest was -73.20% per year. And the median was -4.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Spok Holdings Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spok Holdings'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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Spok Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.09 4.49 5.36 15.28 8.08

Spok Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.28 12.38 9.41 8.76 8.08

Competitive Comparison

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Spok Holdings'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.


Spok Holdings Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Spok Holdings's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Spok Holdings's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Spok Holdings Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Spok Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3132024-03-142024-03-152024-03-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3132023-11-152023-11-162023-12-08Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3132023-08-162023-08-172023-09-08Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3132023-05-242023-05-252023-06-23Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 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.

Spok Holdings's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.252/14.91
=8.40 %

Current Share Price is $14.91.
Spok Holdings's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.252.

Spok Holdings's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.252/14.91
=8.40 %

Current Share Price is $14.91.
Spok Holdings's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.313 * 4 = $1.252.

* 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.


Spok Holdings  (NAS:SPOK) 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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Spok Holdings (Spok Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5911 Kingstown Village Parkway, 6th Floor, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22315
Spok Holdings Inc is a provider of healthcare communications. It reports three market segments namely Healthcare, Government, and Large enterprise. The company provides paging services and software solutions in the United States and abroad.
Executives
Vincent D Kelly director, officer: President & CEO C/O RENTON MEDIA INC, 1300 EAST NINTH ST, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Sharon Woods-keisling officer: Corporate Secretary, Treasurer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Michael W Wallace officer: Chief Financial Officer SAWGRASS CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL PARK, 14000 NW 4TH ST, SUNRISE FL 33325
Calvin Rice officer: Controller C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Todd J Stein director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Barbara Peterson Byrne director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22315
Randy Hyun director C/O SPOK HOLDINGS, INC., 5911 KINGSTOWNE VILLAGE PARKWAY 6TH FLR, ALEXANDRIA VA 22315
Matthew Oristano director C/O ARCH WIRELESS INC, 1800 WEST PARK DR. #250, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Brian Oreilly director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Christine Cournoyer director 150 SHAW ROAD, CHESTNUT MA 02467
Brett A Shockley director 7125 NORTHLAND TERRACE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55428
Royce Yudkoff director C/O METROCALL, 6677 RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA VA 22306
Stacia Hylton director 6850 VERSAR CENTER STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151
Tom Saine officer: Chief Technology Officer 6677 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDIRA VA 22306
Ted Peterman officer: Controller C/O SPōK HOLDINGS, INC., 6850 VERSAR CTR STE 420, SPRINGFIELD VA 22151