Covanta Holding (Covanta Holding) Dividend Yield % : 1.58% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

Covanta Holding Dividend Yield % Chart

Covanta Holding Annual Data
	Trend	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20
Dividend Yield %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					6.41	5.92	7.45	6.74	3.73

Covanta Holding Quarterly Data
	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21
Dividend Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															8.52	3.73	2.31	1.82	1.59

Competitive Comparison of Covanta Holding's Dividend Yield %

For the Waste Management subindustry, Covanta Holding'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.

Covanta Holding's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Covanta Holding's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Covanta Holding's Dividend Yield % falls into.

Covanta Holding Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Covanta Holding  (NYSE:CVA) 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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