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UNB (Union Bankshares) Dividend Yield % : 4.24% (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Union Bankshares Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-12-15), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Union Bankshares is 4.24%.

Warning Sign:

Union Bankshares Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.

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

UNB' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.11   Med: 4.05   Max: 7.38
Current: 4.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Union Bankshares was 7.38%. The lowest was 2.11%. And the median was 4.05%.

UNB's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
58.1% of 1234 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 3.69 vs UNB: 4.24

Union Bankshares's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.24.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Union Bankshares Inc is 0.74, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Union Bankshares was 0.76. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.58.

As of today (2024-12-15), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Union Bankshares is 4.24%.

Union Bankshares's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.36.

During the past 12 months, Union Bankshares's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Union Bankshares was 18.80% per year. The lowest was -3.70% per year. And the median was 3.60% 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.


Union Bankshares Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Union Bankshares'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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Union Bankshares Dividend Yield % Chart

Union Bankshares Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.42 4.98 4.43 5.83 4.70

Union Bankshares Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 6.66 4.70 4.72 6.70 5.55

Competitive Comparison of Union Bankshares's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Union Bankshares'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.


Union Bankshares's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Union Bankshares's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Union Bankshares Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Union Bankshares Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3600002024-10-252024-10-262024-11-07Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3600002024-07-262024-07-272024-08-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3600002024-04-252024-04-272024-05-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3600002024-01-252024-01-272024-02-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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.

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

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.44/33.95
=4.24 %

Current Share Price is $33.95.
Union Bankshares's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.44.

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

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.44/33.95
=4.24 %

Current Share Price is $33.95.
Union Bankshares's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.36 * 4 = $1.44.

* 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.


Union Bankshares  (NAS:UNB) 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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Union Bankshares Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
20 Lower Main Street, P.O. Box 667, Morrisville, VT, USA, 05661-0667
Union Bankshares Inc operates as a community bank in the financial services industry. It offers retail and commercial banking services to its customers through its branches, ATMs, telebanking, and internet banking systems. The company provides retail banking services to individuals and commercial banking services to small and medium-sized corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships, as well as nonprofit organizations, local municipalities, and school districts within its market area. In addition, it also offers fiduciary and asset management services through its Asset Management Group. Geographically, all the business activity is functioned through the United States.
Executives
Mary K Parent director 144 PLEASANT STREET, SAINT JOHNSBURY VT 05819
Patricia N Hogan other: Officer of Union Bank 11 OLD ROUTE 15, CAMBRIDGE VT 05444
Dawn D Bugbee director 313 WEST SHORE ROAD, SOUTH HERO VT 05486
David Scott Silverman director, officer: President & CEO 153 LAZY LANE, MORRISVILLE VT 05661
Nancy C Putnam director 413 JEFF HEIGHTS ROAD, JEFFERSONVILLE VT 05464
Van Dyke Cornelius John director P.O. BOX 1090, STOWE VT 05672-1090
Vincent W Schoenig other: Officer of Union Bank 75 FENIMORE STREET 2, MORRISVILLE VT 05661
Janet P Spitler other: Director of Union Bank 275 KENNEDY DRIVE, SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403
Gregory D Sargent director 15 CEDAR HILL DRIVE, ST. ALBANS VT 05478
Lura L Jacques other: Officer of Union Bank 1360 PIDGEON HILL ROAD, FRANKLIN VT 05457
Stephen H Kendall other: Officer of Union Bank 254 BIRCH ROAD, SHELBURNE VT 05482
Jonathan Jay Gould other: Officer of Union Bank 18 HUNT ROAD, BRISTOL NH 03222
Robert D Hofmann other: Officer of Union Bank 223 SNOW HILL ROAD, WATERBURY CENTER VT 05677
Carrie R Locklin other: Officer of Union Bank 388 WEST HILL ROAD, ST. JOHNSBURY VT 05819
Joel S Bourassa director PO BOX 568, NORTH WOODSTOCK NH 032620568