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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Dividend Yield %

: 8.66% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Deswell Industries is 8.66%.

Good Sign:

Deswell Industries Inc stock dividend yield is close to 5-year high.

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

DSWL' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6.43   Max: 16.37
Current: 8.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Deswell Industries was 16.37%. The lowest was 2.00%. And the median was 6.43%.

DSWL's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
96.38% of 1353 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.41 vs DSWL: 8.66

Deswell Industries's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.46.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Deswell Industries was 1.17. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.74.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Deswell Industries is 8.66%.

Deswell Industries's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.10.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 23.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Deswell Industries was 37.00% per year. The lowest was -46.40% per year. And the median was 7.55% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Deswell Industries Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deswell Industries'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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Deswell Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.34 6.77 5.10 5.46 7.55

Deswell Industries Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Dividend Yield % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.34 5.46 6.45 7.55 8.44

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Deswell Industries'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.


Deswell Industries Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Deswell Industries's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Deswell Industries's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Deswell Industries Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Deswell Industries Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1002023-11-302023-12-012023-12-21Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1002023-07-032023-07-052023-07-20Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD: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.

Deswell Industries's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.2/2.31
=8.66 %

Current Share Price is $2.31.
Deswell Industries's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.2.

Deswell Industries's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.2/2.31
=8.66 %

Current Share Price is $2.31.
Deswell Industries's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.1 * 2 = $0.2.

* 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.


Deswell Industries  (NAS:DSWL) 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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Deswell Industries (Deswell Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10B, Edificio Associacao Industrial De Macau, No. 32-36 Rua do Comandante Mata e Oliveira, Macao, MAC
Deswell Industries Inc is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of injection-molded plastic parts and components. In addition, it also offers manufacturing services for electronic products and subassemblies and manufactures metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The company conducts all of its manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallic operation factories located in the People's Republic of China. It operates through the Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling segments. The firm offers products such as automobile components, medical testing equipment, parts for audio equipment, av receivers, active subwoofers, digital system key sets, communication products and others.

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