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Peoples Leasing & Finance (COL:PLC.N0000) Dividend Yield % : 5.62% (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Peoples Leasing & Finance Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-22), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Peoples Leasing & Finance is 5.62%.

Warning Sign:

Peoples Leasing & Finance PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

COL:PLC.N0000' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.02   Med: 6.68   Max: 10.88
Current: 5.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Peoples Leasing & Finance was 10.88%. The lowest was 4.02%. And the median was 6.68%.

COL:PLC.N0000's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
73.08% of 208 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 3.435 vs COL:PLC.N0000: 5.62

Peoples Leasing & Finance'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 Peoples Leasing & Finance was 0.57. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.42.

As of today (2024-05-22), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Peoples Leasing & Finance is 11.24%.

Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was රු0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Peoples Leasing & Finance was 35.70% per year. The lowest was -16.80% per year. And the median was 9.45% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Peoples Leasing & Finance Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Peoples Leasing & Finance'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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Peoples Leasing & Finance Dividend Yield % Chart

Peoples Leasing & Finance Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Dividend Yield %
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Peoples Leasing & Finance 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 - - - 6.36 6.54

Competitive Comparison of Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividend Yield %

For the Credit Services subindustry, Peoples Leasing & Finance'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.


Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Peoples Leasing & Finance Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Peoples Leasing & Finance Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
LKR 0.6634492023-08-042023-08-082023-08-24Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyLKR:LKR 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.

Peoples Leasing & Finance's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.663449/11.80
=5.62 %

Current Share Price is රු11.80.
Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is රු0.663449.

Peoples Leasing & Finance's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.326898/11.80
=11.24 %

Current Share Price is රු11.80.
Peoples Leasing & Finance's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as රු0.663449 * 2 = රු1.326898.

* 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.


Peoples Leasing & Finance  (COL:PLC.N0000) 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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Peoples Leasing & Finance (COL:PLC.N0000) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 1161, Maradana Road, Borella, Colombo, LKA, 00800
Peoples Leasing & Finance PLC provides financial service. The company's operating segment include Lease and hire purchase; Loans; Islamic; Insurance business and Other business. It generates maximum revenue from the Lease and hire purchase segment. The company product portfolio mainly comprises finance leases, loans, deposits (fixed and saving deposits), Islamic products and factoring, as well as margin trading facilities and others.

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