FRA:WPS's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 97.43% of 311
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.96
vs FRA:WPS: 0.22
During the past 12 months, West Pharmaceutical Services's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of West Pharmaceutical Services was 13.70% per year. The lowest was 1.00% per year. And the median was 7.00% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Competitive Comparison of West Pharmaceutical Services's Forward Dividend Yield %
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, West Pharmaceutical Services's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward 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.
West Pharmaceutical Services's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, West Pharmaceutical Services's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where West Pharmaceutical Services's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
West Pharmaceutical Services Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
West Pharmaceutical Services Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.200000
2024-04-23
2024-04-24
2024-05-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:EUR 0.920000
USD 0.200000
2024-01-30
2024-01-31
2024-02-07
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:EUR 0.918000
USD 0.200000
2023-11-07
2023-11-08
2023-11-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:EUR 0.924000
USD 0.190000
2023-07-25
2023-07-26
2023-08-02
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:EUR 0.904000
* 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.
* 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.
West Pharmaceutical Services (FRA:WPS) Forward 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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West Pharmaceutical Services (FRA:WPS) Business Description
West Pharmaceutical Services is a Pennsylvania-based medical supplies company that operates as a key supplier to firms in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generic drug industries. West develops, manufactures, and distributes elastomer-based supplies for the containment and administration of injectable drugs, including basic equipment such as syringes, stoppers, and plungers, along with somewhat more complicated devices including auto-injectors and other self-injection platforms. The company reports in two segments: proprietary products (82% of 2021 sales) and contract-manufactured products (18%). It generates 55% of its revenue from international markets and 45% from the United States.
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