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Wema Bank (NSA:WEMA) Dividend Yield % : 7.30% (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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What is Wema Bank Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-06-09), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Wema Bank is 7.30%.

Good Sign:

Wema Bank PLC stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.

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

NSA:WEMA' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.44   Med: 5.42   Max: 8
Current: 7.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Wema Bank was 8.00%. The lowest was 2.44%. And the median was 5.42%.

NSA:WEMA's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
84.55% of 1191 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 4.04 vs NSA:WEMA: 7.30

Wema Bank's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Wema Bank was 0.41. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.22.

As of today (2024-06-09), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Wema Bank is 7.30%.

Wema Bank's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₦0.00.

During the past 12 months, Wema Bank's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 25.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 35.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Wema Bank was 38.50% per year. The lowest was 35.80% per year. And the median was 37.15% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Wema Bank Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wema Bank'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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Wema Bank Dividend Yield % Chart

Wema Bank Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.05 5.80 5.06 6.15 5.22

Wema Bank Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 6.15 6.00 5.98 6.13 5.22

Competitive Comparison of Wema Bank's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Wema Bank'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.


Wema Bank's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Wema Bank's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wema Bank's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Wema Bank Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Wema Bank Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
NGN 0.5000002024-05-102024-05-092024-05-28Cash DividendannuallyNGN:NGN 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.

Wema Bank's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.5/6.85
=7.30 %

Current Share Price is ₦6.85.
Wema Bank's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is ₦0.5.

Wema Bank's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.5/6.85
=7.30 %

Current Share Price is ₦6.85.
Wema Bank's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as ₦0.5 * 1 = ₦0.5.

* 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.


Wema Bank  (NSA:WEMA) 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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Wema Bank (NSA:WEMA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Wema Tower, 54, Marina Street, Lagos, NGA, 12862
Wema Bank PLC is a commercial bank. The company offers retail banking, SME banking, corporate banking, treasury, trade services and financial advisory to its customers. Its services include granting of loans and advances, corporate finance and money market activities. The bank operates in four geographical regions; South-west, South-South, Abuja and Lagos zones. Wema derives the majority of its revenues from Lagos.

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