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Loblaw (TSX:L) Dividend Yield %

: 1.20% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Loblaw is 1.20%.

Warning Sign:

Loblaw Companies Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

TSX:L' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 1.8   Max: 2.8
Current: 1.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Loblaw was 2.80%. The lowest was 1.14%. And the median was 1.80%.

TSX:L's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
82.93% of 205 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.62 vs TSX:L: 1.20

Loblaw's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.26.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Loblaw was 6.96. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.27.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Loblaw is 1.20%.

Loblaw's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.45.

During the past 12 months, Loblaw's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Loblaw was 32.60% per year. The lowest was 0.40% per year. And the median was 6.60% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Loblaw Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Loblaw'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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Loblaw 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 1.85 2.04 1.35 1.31 1.36

Loblaw Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 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 1.31 1.32 1.37 1.47 1.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Loblaw'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.


Loblaw Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Loblaw's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Loblaw Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Loblaw Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 0.4462024-03-142024-03-152024-04-01Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 0.4462023-12-142023-12-152023-12-30Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 0.4462023-09-142023-09-152023-10-01Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 0.4462023-06-142023-06-152023-07-01Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 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.

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

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.784/148.23
=1.20 %

Current Share Price is C$148.23.
Loblaw's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is C$1.784.

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

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.784/148.23
=1.20 %

Current Share Price is C$148.23.
Loblaw's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as C$0.446 * 4 = C$1.784.

* 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.


Loblaw  (TSX:L) 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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Loblaw (TSX:L) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 President’s Choice Circle, Brampton, ON, CAN, L6Y 5S5
Loblaw is Canada's largest retailer, operating 2,500 food retail and pharmacy stores across the country. Its main grocery banners include Loblaw, No Frills, and Maxi, and its pharmacy stores are mostly under the Shoppers Drug Mart banner, which it acquired in 2014. In addition to brand-name offerings, Loblaw offers private-label products under the President's Choice and No Name brands. Beyond retail, Loblaw runs the PC Optimum loyalty program and also offers credit cards and insurance brokerage, which are collectively referred to as financial services. George Weston is Loblaw's controlling shareholder with a 53% stake.

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