GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Asset Management » Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. (NYSE:AFT) » Definitions » Dividend Yield %

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund) Dividend Yield % : 11.15% (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


View and export this data going back to . Start your Free Trial

What is Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-26), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund is 11.15%.

Good Sign:

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

AFT' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.6   Med: 7.71   Max: 11.51
Current: 11.15

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund was 11.51%. The lowest was 5.60%. And the median was 7.71%.

AFT's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
87% of 1215 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.65 vs AFT: 11.15

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.77.

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund was 4.00. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 0.76.

As of today (2024-04-26), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund is 11.89%.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.79.

During the past 12 months, Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 34.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund was 16.90% per year. The lowest was -5.60% per year. And the median was -4.10% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund'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.

* Premium members only.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Dividend Yield % Chart

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.93 6.39 6.01 8.91 11.10

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Semi-Annual Data
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 6.01 7.77 8.91 9.97 11.10

Competitive Comparison of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund'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.


Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1402024-04-222024-04-232024-04-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1372024-03-202024-03-212024-03-28Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1372024-02-212024-02-222024-02-29Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1372024-01-232024-01-242024-01-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1372023-12-202023-12-212023-12-29Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1352023-11-212023-11-222023-11-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1352023-10-232023-10-242023-10-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1292023-09-212023-09-222023-09-29Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1262023-08-232023-08-242023-08-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1262023-07-212023-07-242023-07-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1182023-06-222023-06-232023-06-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1182023-05-222023-05-232023-05-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD: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.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.575/14.13
=11.15 %

Current Share Price is $14.13.
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.575.

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.68/14.13
=11.89 %

Current Share Price is $14.13.
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.14 * 12 = $1.68.

* 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.


Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund  (NYSE:AFT) 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.

You can find the stocks that owned most by Gurus here. Or you can check out Warren Buffett's highest dividend stocks here.


Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Dividend Yield % Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund's Dividend Yield % provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
9 West 57th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10019
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc.is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek current income and preservation of capital by investing in senior, secured loans made to companies whose debt is rated below investment grade and investments with similar economic characteristics. Senior loans typically hold a first lien priority and pay floating rates of interest, generally quoted as a spread over a reference floating rate benchmark. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets (which includes leverage) in floating rate senior loans and investments with similar economic characteristics.
Executives
James Vanek officer: See Remarks 9 W 57TH STREET, FLOOR 41, NEW YORK NY 10019
Ryan Delgiudice officer: See Remarks 1520 E. GRAND AVENUE, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Kristin Hester officer: See Remarks 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert L Borden director C/O ATHENE HOLDING LTD., WASHINGTON HOUSE, 16 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Seifert Kenneth Lee Jr. officer: See Remarks 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Joseph A. Moroney officer: President and CIO C/O APOLLO SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Apollo Total Return Master Fund L.p. other: See Remarks ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 201, PURCHASE NY 10057
Frank F Marra officer: Treasurer and CFO APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, 730 FIFTH AVE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Elliot Jr Stein director C/ COMMONWEALTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, 444 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Barry J. Cohen director C/O APOLLO SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND INC, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
John J Hannan director 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Todd J Slotkin director 35 EAST 62ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021
Glenn N Marchak director CITIGROUP ASSET MANAGEMENT, 300 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE 4TH FL, STAMFORD CT 06902

Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund) Headlines