Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Dividend Yield % : 1.32% (As of May. 27, 2024)

Monsanto Co Dividend Yield % Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Dividend Yield %

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto Co'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.

Monsanto Co's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Monsanto Co's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Monsanto Co Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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