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Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) Dividend Yield % : 3.16% (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Royal Bank of Canada Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-13), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Royal Bank of Canada is 3.16%.

Warning Sign:

Royal Bank of Canada stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

TSX:RY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.93   Med: 3.77   Max: 5.27
Current: 3.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Royal Bank of Canada was 5.27%. The lowest was 2.93%. And the median was 3.77%.

TSX:RY's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
60.21% of 1234 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 3.69 vs TSX:RY: 3.16

Royal Bank of Canada's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.46.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Royal Bank of Canada was 0.55. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.46.

As of today (2024-12-13), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Royal Bank of Canada is 3.34%.

Royal Bank of Canada's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Oct. 2024 was C$1.42.

During the past 12 months, Royal Bank of Canada's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Royal Bank of Canada was 21.70% per year. The lowest was 1.30% per year. And the median was 9.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Royal Bank of Canada Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royal Bank of Canada'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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Royal Bank of Canada Dividend Yield % Chart

Royal Bank of Canada Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.60 3.35 3.93 4.82 3.33

Royal Bank of Canada Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 4.82 4.12 4.10 3.58 3.33

Competitive Comparison of Royal Bank of Canada's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Royal Bank of Canada'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.


Royal Bank of Canada's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Royal Bank of Canada's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royal Bank of Canada's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Royal Bank of Canada Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Royal Bank of Canada Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 1.4200002024-10-242024-10-242024-11-22Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 1.4200002024-07-252024-07-252024-08-23Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 1.3800002024-04-242024-04-252024-05-24Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:CAD 1.000000
CAD 1.3800002024-01-242024-01-252024-02-23Cash 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.

Royal Bank of Canada's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=5.6/177.31
=3.16 %

Current Share Price is C$177.31.
Royal Bank of Canada's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is C$5.6.

Royal Bank of Canada's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=5.68/177.31
=3.20 %

Current Share Price is C$177.31.
Royal Bank of Canada's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as C$1.42 * 4 = C$5.68.

* 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.


Royal Bank of Canada  (TSX:RY) 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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Royal Bank of Canada Business Description

Address
1 Place Ville Marie, Corporate Secretary\'s Department, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 3A9
Royal Bank of Canada is one of the two largest banks in Canada. It is a diversified financial services company, offering personal and commercial banking, wealth-management services, insurance, corporate banking, and capital markets services. The bank is concentrated in Canada, with additional operations in the US and other countries.
Executives
Douglas Antony Guzman Senior Officer
Erica Lesley Nielsen Senior Officer
Neil Mclaughlin Senior Officer
Simon T.p. Ridgway Director, Senior Officer
Toos Noshir Daruvala Director
David Ian Mckay Director, Senior Officer
Nadine Genevieve Ahn Senior Officer
Bruce Washington Ross Senior Officer
Helena Gottschling Senior Officer
Rod Bolger Senior Officer
Alex Douglas Mcgregor Senior Officer
Michael Dobbins Senior Officer
Jeffery William Yabuki Director