As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Donegal Group is 4.87%.
Good Sign:
Donegal Group Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Donegal Group's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
DGICA'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.03 Med: 3.92 Max: 5.07
Current: 4.87
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Donegal Group was 5.07%. The lowest was 3.03%. And the median was 3.92%.
DGICA's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 70.25% of 400
companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.51
vs DGICA: 4.87
Donegal Group's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Donegal Group Inc is 5.63, which seems too high.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Donegal Group was 11.25. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.73.
Donegal Group's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.17.
During the past 12 months, Donegal Group's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.80% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Donegal Group was 16.00% per year. The lowest was 1.80% per year. And the median was 3.90% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Donegal Group Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Donegal 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 Donegal Group's Dividend Yield %
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Donegal 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.
Donegal Group's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Donegal Group's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Donegal Group's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Donegal Group Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Donegal Group Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.170
2024-01-31
2024-02-01
2024-02-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.170
2023-10-31
2023-11-01
2023-11-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.170
2023-07-31
2023-08-01
2023-08-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.170
2023-04-28
2023-05-01
2023-05-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 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.
Donegal Group's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.68
/
13.97
=
4.87 %
Current Share Price is $13.97.
Donegal Group's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.68.
Donegal Group's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.68
/
13.97
=
4.87 %
Current Share Price is $13.97.
Donegal Group's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.17 * 4 = $0.68.
* 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.
Donegal Group (NAS:DGICA) 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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Donegal Group (Donegal Group) Business Description
Donegal Group Inc is an insurance holding company that offers personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals. The company's reportable segments are its Investment function, Personal lines of insurance, Commercial lines of insurance. Personal lines products consist primarily of homeowners and private passenger automobile policies. The Commercial lines products of its insurance subsidiaries consist primarily of commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril, and workers' compensation policies. The group primarily operates in the United States.
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