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Stewart Enterprises, (FRA:SWX) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 0.00% (As of Oct. 2013)


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What is Stewart Enterprises, 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Stewart Enterprises,'s Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Oct. 2013 was €0.07.

The historical rank and industry rank for Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:SWX's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is not ranked *
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.4
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate only.

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Stewart Enterprises,'s Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Oct. 2013 was 1.47. As of today, Stewart Enterprises,'s Dividend Yield % is 1.40%.

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Competitive Comparison of Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Personal Services subindustry, Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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.


Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stewart Enterprises,'s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Stewart Enterprises, 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

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Stewart Enterprises,  (FRA:SWX) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Stewart Enterprises,'s Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2013 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Oct. 2013 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Oct. 2013 )
=0.066/ 0.045
=1.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Stewart Enterprises, was 0.45. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Stewart Enterprises, was 1.40%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

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Stewart Enterprises, (FRA:SWX) Business Description

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Stewart Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1910, and was incorporated as a Louisiana corporation in 1970 in the State of Louisiana. The Company is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry in the United States. It owns and operates approximately 217 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries in 24 states within the United States and Puerto Rico. It sells cemetery property and funeral and cemetery products and services both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. The Company's funeral homes offer a complete range of funeral and cremation services and products both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. The Company's services and products include family consultation, removal and preparation of remains, the use of funeral home facilities for visitation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, flowers and caskets. Most of its funeral homes have a non-denominational chapel on the premises, which allows family visitation and religious services to take place at the same location. The Company's cemetery operations sell cemetery property and related merchandise, including lots, lawn crypts, family and community mausoleums, monuments, markers and burial vaults, and also provide burial site openings and closings and inscriptions. It also provides cremation memorialization options including columbariums, cremation niches and cremation gardens. Cemetery property and merchandise sales are made both at the time of need and on a preneed basis. The Company's funeral home and cemetery operations face competition in local markets that are served by numerous funeral home and cemetery firms. It also competes with monument dealers, casket retailers, low-cost funeral providers and crematories, and other non-traditional providers of services or products.