As of today (2024-05-29), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Macfarlane Group is 2.92%.
Good Sign:
Macfarlane Group PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Macfarlane Group's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:MACF'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48 Med: 2.74 Max: 5.77
Current: 2.92
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Macfarlane Group was 5.77%. The lowest was 0.48%. And the median was 2.74%.
LSE:MACF's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 56.97% of 251
companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.56
vs LSE:MACF: 2.92
During the past 12 months, Macfarlane Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 71.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Macfarlane Group was 71.00% per year. The lowest was -45.70% per year. And the median was 4.00% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Macfarlane Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Macfarlane Group'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 Macfarlane Group's Dividend Yield %
For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Macfarlane Group'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.
Macfarlane Group's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry
For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Macfarlane Group's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Macfarlane Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Macfarlane Group Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Macfarlane Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
GBP 0.026500
2024-05-09
2024-05-10
2024-05-30
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
GBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.009400
2023-09-14
2023-09-15
2023-10-12
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
GBP:GBP 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.
Macfarlane Group'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.
Macfarlane Group (LSE:MACF) 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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Macfarlane Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, that provides services for the packaging sector. It operates in two segments Packaging Distribution segment, which includes the distribution of packaging materials & supply of storage & warehousing services, & Manufacturing Operations comprises the manufacturing & supplying of self-adhesive labels to fast-moving consumer goods. The business operates Regional Distribution Centers supplying customers with a range of packaging materials & services. It operates across a wide range of sectors such as Aerospace, Defense, Electronics, Medical General, Industrial food, health & beauty, household products, & beverages sectors. It derives key revenue from the Distribution segment. Geographically, it derives the majority revenue from the UK.
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