As of today (2024-04-28), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Hindustan Unilever is 1.80%.
Good Sign:
Hindustan Unilever Ltd stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Hindustan Unilever's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
BOM:500696'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65 Med: 1.35 Max: 1.8
Current: 1.8
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Hindustan Unilever was 1.80%. The lowest was 0.65%. And the median was 1.35%.
BOM:500696's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 61.64% of 1095
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.4
vs BOM:500696: 1.80
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Hindustan Unilever Ltd is 0.91, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Hindustan Unilever was 1.08. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 0.82.
During the past 12 months, Hindustan Unilever's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Hindustan Unilever was 27.70% per year. The lowest was 2.20% per year. And the median was 11.90% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Hindustan Unilever Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Hindustan Unilever'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 Hindustan Unilever's Dividend Yield %
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Hindustan Unilever'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.
Hindustan Unilever's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hindustan Unilever's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Hindustan Unilever's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Hindustan Unilever Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Hindustan Unilever Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
INR 18.000
2023-11-02
2023-11-02
2023-11-16
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
INR:INR 1.000000
INR 22.000
2023-06-19
2023-06-20
2023-06-29
Cash Dividend
semi-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.
Hindustan Unilever's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
* 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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Hindustan Unilever (BOM:500696) Business Description
Hindustan Unilever Ltd is an Indian consumer goods company. The firm's offering is diverse, as it includes over 50 brands from 16 distinct categories, from cosmetics and hygienic items (detergents, soaps, shampoos, skincare, toothpaste, and deodorants), to food and beverages (tea, coffee, packaged foods). Its product portfolio contains household brands such as Lux, Lifebuoy, Pepsodent, Closeup, Pureit, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Pond's, Vaseline, Lakme, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Kwality Wall's, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, and Fair and Lovely.
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