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Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co (SAU:9536) Dividend Yield % : 3.10% (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-11), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co is 3.10%.

Good Sign:

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co stock dividend yield is close to 2-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:9536' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 0.8   Max: 3.1
Current: 3.1

During the past 3 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co was 3.10%. The lowest was 0.61%. And the median was 0.80%.

SAU:9536's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
65.05% of 1096 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.33 vs SAU:9536: 3.10

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.46.

During the past 3 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co was 0.60. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 0.44.

As of today (2024-05-11), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co is 3.10%.

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼1.27.

During the past 12 months, Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 225.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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


Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arabian Food and Dairy Factories 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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Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Dividend Yield % Chart

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
- 0.86 2.79

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.86 1.89 2.79

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Yield %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Arabian Food and Dairy Factories 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.


Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
SAR 1.2700002023-09-282023-10-012023-10-15Cash Dividendsemi-annuallySAR:SAR 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.

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.27/82.00
=1.55 %

Current Share Price is ﷼82.00.
Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is ﷼1.27.

Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.54/82.00
=3.10 %

Current Share Price is ﷼82.00.
Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as ﷼1.27 * 2 = ﷼2.54.

* 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.


Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co  (SAU:9536) 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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Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co (SAU:9536) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Dammam Industrial City, P.O.Box 195, Dammam, SAU, 31952
Arabian Food and Dairy Factories Co is engaged in the production and sale of ice cream within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the company operates in a single geographical segment which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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