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Western Forest Products (Western Forest Products) Dividend Yield % : 4.68% (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Western Forest Products Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-04), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Western Forest Products is 4.68%.

Warning Sign:

Western Forest Products Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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

WFSTF' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.41   Med: 3.72   Max: 15.08
Current: 4.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Western Forest Products was 15.08%. The lowest was 0.41%. And the median was 3.72%.

WFSTF's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
80.81% of 172 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 2.34 vs WFSTF: 4.68

Western Forest Products's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Western Forest Products was 0.47. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.37.

As of today (2024-05-04), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Western Forest Products is 0.00%.

Western Forest Products's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

During the past 12 months, Western Forest Products's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -20.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 18.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -14.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -6.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Western Forest Products was 26.00% per year. The lowest was -34.00% per year. And the median was 3.20% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Western Forest Products Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Forest Products'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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Western Forest Products Dividend Yield % Chart

Western Forest Products 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 7.22 3.29 1.90 4.51 6.78

Western Forest Products Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.51 4.54 4.68 6.03 6.78

Competitive Comparison of Western Forest Products's Dividend Yield %

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Western Forest Products'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.


Western Forest Products's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Western Forest Products's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Forest Products's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Western Forest Products Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Western Forest Products Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 0.0130002023-08-242023-08-252023-09-15Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.738607
CAD 0.0130002023-05-252023-05-262023-06-16Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.735943

* 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.

Western Forest Products's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.01916915/0.40
=4.79 %

Current Share Price is $0.40.
Western Forest Products's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.01916915.

* 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.


Western Forest Products  (OTCPK:WFSTF) 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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Western Forest Products (Western Forest Products) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1055 West Georgia Street, Suite 800, P.O. Box 11122, Royal Centre Building, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3P3
Western Forest Products Inc is a Canada-based softwood forest products company. The company's principal business activities include timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added lumber remanufacturing. Its operating business segment comprises Timber harvesting, Log sales, and Lumber manufacturing and sales. The firm purchases and harvests logs which are then manufactured into lumber products at its sawmills, or sold. Canada and the United States, represent the company's large markets and contribute the vast majority of its total revenue.