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Seplat Energy (LSE:SEPL) Dividend Yield % : 5.98% (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Seplat Energy Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-21), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Seplat Energy is 5.98%.

Warning Sign:

Seplat Energy PLC stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

LSE:SEPL' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.24   Med: 23.11   Max: 201.45
Current: 5.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Seplat Energy was 201.45%. The lowest was 4.24%. And the median was 23.11%.

LSE:SEPL's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
68.07% of 498 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 3.965 vs LSE:SEPL: 5.98

Seplat Energy's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Seplat Energy PLC is 1.52, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Seplat Energy was 2.87. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.73.

As of today (2024-05-21), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Seplat Energy is 6.02%.

Seplat Energy's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was £0.00.

During the past 12 months, Seplat Energy's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -2.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Seplat Energy was 28.70% per year. The lowest was -26.10% per year. And the median was 8.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Seplat Energy Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seplat Energy'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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Seplat Energy Dividend Yield % Chart

Seplat Energy 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 3.80 15.35 10.81 7.70 7.36

Seplat Energy Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 7.81 7.21 7.14 7.36 6.31

Competitive Comparison of Seplat Energy's Dividend Yield %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Seplat Energy'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.


Seplat Energy's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Seplat Energy's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Seplat Energy's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Seplat Energy Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Seplat Energy Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0300002024-04-252024-04-262024-05-29Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:GBP 0.787000
USD 0.0300002023-11-092023-11-102023-11-24Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:GBP 0.804000
USD 0.0300002023-08-162023-08-172023-08-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:GBP 0.787000

* 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.

Seplat Energy's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.07134/1.59
=4.49 %

Current Share Price is £1.59.
Seplat Energy's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is £0.07134.

Seplat Energy's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.09444/1.59
=5.94 %

Current Share Price is £1.59.
Seplat Energy's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as £0.02361 * 4 = £0.09444.

* 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.


Seplat Energy  (LSE:SEPL) 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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Seplat Energy (LSE:SEPL) Business Description

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Address
16A Temple Road (Olu Holloway), Ikoyi, Lagos, NGA
Seplat Energy PLC formerly SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company PLC is a Nigerian independent upstream oil and gas company which focuses on production and development opportunities in Nigeria. The company has two reportable segments namely Oil and Gas. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Switzerland. The company's exploration assets include OMLs 4, 38 and 41 which are located in Edo and Delta States onshore Nigeria; OPL 283 Marginal Field Area; and OML 53, which is located onshore in Imo State in the North-Eastern Niger Delta.

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