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AGO (Assured Guaranty) Dividend Yield % : 1.41% (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Assured Guaranty Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-10-31), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Assured Guaranty is 1.41%.

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

AGO' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.21   Med: 1.64   Max: 3.99
Current: 1.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Assured Guaranty was 3.99%. The lowest was 1.21%. And the median was 1.64%.

AGO's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
86.25% of 400 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.925 vs AGO: 1.41

Assured Guaranty's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.22.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Assured Guaranty was 0.27. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.13.

As of today (2024-10-31), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Assured Guaranty is 1.46%.

Assured Guaranty's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was $0.31.

During the past 12 months, Assured Guaranty's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Assured Guaranty was 38.70% per year. The lowest was 4.00% per year. And the median was 11.55% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

* Please note that "special dividend" is not included in the calculation of dividend per share and related fields.


Assured Guaranty Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Assured Guaranty'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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Assured Guaranty Dividend Yield % Chart

Assured Guaranty 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 1.47 2.54 1.75 1.61 1.50

Assured Guaranty Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 1.90 1.80 1.50 1.32 1.53

Competitive Comparison of Assured Guaranty's Dividend Yield %

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Assured Guaranty'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.


Assured Guaranty's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Assured Guaranty's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Assured Guaranty's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Assured Guaranty Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Assured Guaranty Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.3100002024-08-212024-08-212024-09-04Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3100002024-05-142024-05-152024-05-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.3100002024-03-052024-03-062024-03-20Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2800002023-11-142023-11-152023-11-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD: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.

Assured Guaranty's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.21/83.46
=1.45 %

Current Share Price is $83.46.
Assured Guaranty's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.21.

Assured Guaranty's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.24/83.46
=1.49 %

Current Share Price is $83.46.
Assured Guaranty's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.31 * 4 = $1.24.

* 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.


Assured Guaranty  (NYSE:AGO) 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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Assured Guaranty Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Woodbourne Avenue, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Assured Guaranty Ltd. provides credit protection products to the United States and international public finance and structured finance markets, and manages assets across collateralized loan obligations as well as opportunity funds and liquid funds that build on its corporate credit, asset-based finance, municipal and healthcare experience. The company is operating in two segments Insurance segment and the Asset Management segment. The majority of the revenue earned by the company from the Insurance segment.
Executives
Dominic Frederico director, officer: Deputy Chairman/President/CEO ACE LTD, ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON BER
Robert Bailenson officer: Chief Accounting Officer ASSURED GUARANTY LTD., 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0 HM08
Laura Bieling officer: Chief Accounting Officer* 30 WOODBOURNE AVE., 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
G Lawrence Buhl director 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, C/O ASSURED GUARANTY LTD, HAMILTON BERMUDA D0 0000
Stephen Donnarumma officer: Chief Credit Officer 30 WOODOURNE AVENUE, HAMILTON D0 HM08
Jorge A. Gana officer: Chief Risk Officer 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Howard Albert officer: Chief Risk Officer 31 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
David A. Buzen officer: Head of Asset Management* 850 3RD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Holly Horn officer: Chief Surveillance Officer 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Brewer Russell B. Ii officer: Chief Surveillance Officer 31 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shea Courtney C. director 1555 N. ASTOR STREET, APARTMENT 9W, CHICAGO IL 60610
Michelle Mccloskey director C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Lorin Radtke director 30 WOODBOURNE AVE, 5TH FLOOR, HAMILTON D0 D0 HM08
Thomas W Jones director ALTRIA GROUP INC, 6601 WEST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND VA 23230
Andrew T Feldstein officer: Chief Investment Officer 280 PARK AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017