If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of W.P. Carey Inc is 1.57, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of W.P. Carey was 2.29. The lowest was 1.40. And the median was 1.79.
During the past 12 months, W.P. Carey's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -18.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -0.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of W.P. Carey was 19.00% per year. The lowest was -0.80% per year. And the median was 2.20% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.
W.P. Carey Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for W.P. Carey'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.
Competitive Comparison of W.P. Carey's Dividend Yield %
For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, W.P. Carey'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.
W.P. Carey's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, W.P. Carey's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where W.P. Carey's Dividend Yield % falls into.
W.P. Carey Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
W.P. Carey Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.875000
2024-09-30
2024-09-30
2024-10-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.870000
2024-06-28
2024-06-28
2024-07-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.865000
2024-03-27
2024-03-28
2024-04-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.860000
2023-12-28
2023-12-29
2024-01-16
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD: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.
W.P. Carey's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
3.47
/
55.90
=
6.21 %
Current Share Price is $55.90. W.P. Carey's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.47.
W.P. Carey's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
3.5
/
55.90
=
6.26 %
Current Share Price is $55.90. W.P. Carey's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.875 * 4 = $3.5.
* 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.
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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W.P. Carey Inc is a real estate investment trust principally involved in the ownership of properties located in the U.S., Western Europe, and Northern Europe. W.P. Carey organizes its operations into Real Estate and Investment Management segments. The vast majority of the company's income is derived from its Real Estate division in the form of lease revenue from long-term agreements with companies. W.P. Carey's real estate portfolio is primarily comprised of single-tenant office, industrial, warehouse, and retail facilities located around the world. most of the company's revenue comes from properties in the USA. The company's Investment Management unit generates revenue from providing real estate advisory and portfolio management services to other REITs.
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