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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Dividend Yield % : 6.85% (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is RWS Holdings Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-12), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of RWS Holdings is 6.85%.

Good Sign:

RWS Holdings PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

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

LSE:RWS' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.03   Med: 1.86   Max: 6.97
Current: 6.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of RWS Holdings was 6.97%. The lowest was 1.03%. And the median was 1.86%.

LSE:RWS's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
89.8% of 588 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 2.915 vs LSE:RWS: 6.85

RWS Holdings's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.19.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of RWS Holdings was 0.57. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.43.

As of today (2024-05-12), the Forward Dividend Yield % of RWS Holdings is 6.85%.

RWS Holdings's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.02.

During the past 12 months, RWS Holdings's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of RWS Holdings was 71.00% per year. The lowest was 10.60% per year. And the median was 14.10% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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RWS Holdings Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for RWS Holdings'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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RWS Holdings Dividend Yield % Chart

RWS Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.32 1.55 1.48 3.36 4.96

RWS Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 1.48 2.84 3.36 3.93 4.96

Competitive Comparison of RWS Holdings's Dividend Yield %

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RWS Holdings'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.


RWS Holdings's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, RWS Holdings's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where RWS Holdings's Dividend Yield % falls into.



RWS Holdings Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

RWS Holdings Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
GBP 0.0980002024-01-252024-01-262024-02-23Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP:GBP 1.000000
GBP 0.0240002023-06-222023-06-232023-07-21Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyGBP: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.

RWS Holdings's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.122/1.78
=6.85 %

Current Share Price is £1.78.
RWS Holdings's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.122.

RWS Holdings's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.196/1.78
=11.01 %

Current Share Price is £1.78.
RWS Holdings's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.098 * 2 = £0.196.

* 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.


RWS Holdings  (LSE:RWS) 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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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Business Description

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Address
Europa House, Chiltern Park, Chiltern Hill, Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, GBR, SL9 9FG
RWS Holdings PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides patent translation, intellectual property, and language support services. The company operates in four reportable segments; Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language, and Content Technology. The majority of revenue is derived from the Language services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States of America, while it also operates in Continental Europe, United States of America and Rest of the world.

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