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Sterling Investments (XJAM:SIL) Dividend Yield % : 5.23% (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is Sterling Investments Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-06-23), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Sterling Investments is 5.23%.

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

XJAM:SIL' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38   Med: 2.62   Max: 7.33
Current: 5.23

During the past 11 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Sterling Investments was 7.33%. The lowest was 1.38%. And the median was 2.62%.

XJAM:SIL's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
80.28% of 355 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs XJAM:SIL: 5.23

Sterling Investments's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.95.

During the past 11 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Sterling Investments was 1.77. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.31.

As of today (2024-06-23), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Sterling Investments is 4.85%.

Sterling Investments's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was JMD0.06.

During the past 12 months, Sterling Investments's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -22.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.80% per year.

During the past 11 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Sterling Investments was 36.20% per year. The lowest was 14.30% per year. And the median was 25.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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


Sterling Investments Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sterling Investments'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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Sterling Investments Dividend Yield % Chart

Sterling Investments 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 2.72 2.79 6.27 6.32 5.62

Sterling Investments Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Dec23 Mar24
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 6.32 6.04 6.56 5.62 5.14

Competitive Comparison of Sterling Investments's Dividend Yield %

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Sterling Investments'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.


Sterling Investments's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Sterling Investments's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sterling Investments Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Sterling Investments Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0003732024-03-042024-03-052024-03-26Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:JMD 156.716127
USD 0.0004292023-08-232023-08-242023-09-13Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:JMD 156.716127

* 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.

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

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.125686333854/2.39
=5.26 %

Current Share Price is JMD2.39.
Sterling Investments's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is JMD0.125686333854.

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

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.116910230742/2.39
=4.89 %

Current Share Price is JMD2.39.
Sterling Investments's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as JMD0.058455115371 * 2 = JMD0.116910230742.

* 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.


Sterling Investments  (XJAM:SIL) 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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Sterling Investments (XJAM:SIL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
40 Knutsford Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Kingston 5, Kingston, JAM
Sterling Investments Ltd is an investment holding company. It invests primarily in an array of high-quality fixed income securities denominated in United States dollars. It generates income through interest income earned on the securities in the portfolio and through capital gains as a result of increases in the price of the securities.