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MCR (MFS Charterome Trust) Dividend Yield % : 8.58% (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is MFS Charterome Trust Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-10-31), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of MFS Charterome Trust is 8.58%.

Warning Sign:

MFS Charter Income Trust stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

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

MCR' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.77   Med: 8.81   Max: 11.9
Current: 8.58

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of MFS Charterome Trust was 11.90%. The lowest was 7.77%. And the median was 8.81%.

MCR's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
74.32% of 1184 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.645 vs MCR: 8.58

MFS Charterome Trust's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in May. 2024 was 0.80.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of MFS Charter Income Trust is 1.00, which seems too high.

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of MFS Charterome Trust was 7.71. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.09.

As of today (2024-10-31), the Forward Dividend Yield % of MFS Charterome Trust is 8.58%.

MFS Charterome Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in May. 2024 was $0.27.

During the past 12 months, MFS Charterome Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -1.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -8.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -5.30% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of MFS Charterome Trust was -0.70% per year. The lowest was -8.10% per year. And the median was -4.15% 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.


MFS Charterome Trust Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for MFS Charterome Trust'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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MFS Charterome Trust Dividend Yield % Chart

MFS Charterome Trust Annual Data
Trend Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 8.44 8.17 8.26 8.72 8.89

MFS Charterome Trust Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23 May24
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 10.12 8.72 9.09 8.89 8.66

Competitive Comparison of MFS Charterome Trust's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, MFS Charterome Trust'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.


MFS Charterome Trust's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, MFS Charterome Trust's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MFS Charterome Trust's Dividend Yield % falls into.



MFS Charterome Trust Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

MFS Charterome Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.0465602024-10-152024-10-152024-10-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0460102024-09-172024-09-172024-09-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0454802024-08-132024-08-132024-08-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0453602024-07-162024-07-162024-07-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0452102024-06-182024-06-182024-06-28Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0450902024-05-142024-05-152024-05-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0457902024-04-162024-04-172024-04-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0456702024-03-122024-03-132024-03-28Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0458802024-02-132024-02-142024-02-29Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0458502024-01-162024-01-172024-01-31Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0439502023-12-192023-12-202023-12-29Cash DividendmonthlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.0427602023-11-142023-11-152023-11-30Cash DividendmonthlyUSD: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.

MFS Charterome Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.54361/6.34
=8.57 %

Current Share Price is $6.34.
MFS Charterome Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.54361.

MFS Charterome Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.55872/6.34
=8.81 %

Current Share Price is $6.34.
MFS Charterome Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.04656 * 12 = $0.55872.

* 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.


MFS Charterome Trust  (NYSE:MCR) 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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MFS Charterome Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA, 02199
MFS Charter Income Trust is a United States-based closed-end fund. Its investment objective is to seek high current income. The fund invests the assets in debt instruments. It invests the assets in corporate bonds of U.S. and foreign issuers, U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities of U.S. and foreign issuers, and debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries.
Executives
Linda Dougherty other: OFFICER OF ADVISOR 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Neeraj Arora other: PORTFOLIO MANAGER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
John David Mitchell other: PORTFOLIO MANAGER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Rosa Licea-mailloux other: CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Manjit Singh director 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02072
Melissa Kennedy other: OFFICER OF ADVISOR 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Jacques Jr Goulet other: OFFICER TO ADVISOR 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Henry Peabody other: PORTFOLIO MANAGER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Philipp Burgener other: PORTFOLIO MANAGER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Andy Li other: PORTFOLIO MANAGER 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
James W. Kilman director 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Edward M. Maloney officer: Officer of Advisor 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Peter Darrell Jones director 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199
Michael Skatrud other: Portfolio Manager MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 01760
Carol W. Geremia officer: PRESIDENT 111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE, BOSTON MA 02199