As of today (2024-05-24), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of CESC is 3.07%.
Warning Sign:
CESC Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.
The historical rank and industry rank for CESC's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
BOM:500084'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08 Med: 5.14 Max: 18.28
Current: 3.07
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of CESC was 18.28%. The lowest was 2.08%. And the median was 5.14%.
BOM:500084's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 63.85% of 426
companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.865
vs BOM:500084: 3.07
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 31.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 34.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 24.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of CESC was 56.00% per year. The lowest was -2.70% per year. And the median was 18.75% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
CESC Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for CESC'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.
For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, CESC'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.
CESC's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, CESC's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CESC's Dividend Yield % falls into.
CESC Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
CESC Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
INR 4.500000
2024-02-01
2024-02-01
2024-02-17
Cash Dividend
annually
INR:INR 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.
CESC's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
4.5
/
146.60
=
3.07 %
Current Share Price is ₹146.60. CESC's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is ₹4.5.
CESC's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
4.5
/
146.60
=
3.07 %
Current Share Price is ₹146.60. CESC's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as ₹4.5 * 1 = ₹4.5.
* 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.
CESC (BOM:500084) 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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CESC Ltd is an Indian power utility company engaged in the generation and distribution of electricity. The company owns and operates a portfolio of energy-generating facilities that primarily utilize thermal fuel sources, such as coal. CESC sources its coal mainly from Indian mines either allocated to it by the Government of India or purchased in the marketplace. The company has also made efforts to expand its capacity through renewable energy sites that employ wind, hydro, and solar power. CESC generates the vast majority of its revenue from the sale of electricity to consumer households and commercial establishments in the state of West Bengal in India. Through its subsidiaries, the company is also involved in the retail, business process management, and infrastructure sectors.
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