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Boston Properties (Boston Properties) Dividend Yield %

: 6.59% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Boston Properties is 6.59%.

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

BXP' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 2.63   Max: 8.21
Current: 6.59

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Boston Properties was 8.21%. The lowest was 1.80%. And the median was 2.63%.

BXP's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
54.6% of 837 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.14 vs BXP: 6.59

Boston Properties's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.30.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Boston Properties Inc is 3.26, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Boston Properties was 3.27. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 1.31.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Boston Properties is 6.59%.

Boston Properties's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.98.

During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Boston Properties was 34.20% per year. The lowest was -9.70% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Boston Properties Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Boston Properties'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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Boston Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.78 4.15 3.40 5.80 5.59

Boston Properties Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 5.80 7.24 6.81 6.59 5.59

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Boston Properties'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.


Boston Properties Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Boston Properties's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Boston Properties's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Boston Properties Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Boston Properties Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.9802024-03-272024-03-282024-04-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.9802023-12-282023-12-292024-01-30Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.9802023-09-282023-09-292023-10-31Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.9802023-06-292023-06-302023-07-31Cash 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.

Boston Properties's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.92/59.63
=6.57 %

Current Share Price is $59.63.
Boston Properties's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $3.92.

Boston Properties's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3.92/59.63
=6.57 %

Current Share Price is $59.63.
Boston Properties's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.98 * 4 = $3.92.

* 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.


Boston Properties  (NYSE:BXP) 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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Boston Properties (Boston Properties) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900, Prudential Center, Boston, MA, USA, 02199-8103
Boston Properties owns over 190 properties consisting of approximately 54 million rentable square feet of space. The portfolio is dominated by office buildings and is spread across major cities such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and the Washington, D.C., region. The real estate investment trust also owns limited retail, hotel, and residential properties.
Executives
Eric G Kevorkian officer: SVP, CLO and Secretary 800 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1900, BOSTON MA 02199
Rodney Diehl officer: Senior Vice President FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94549
Raymond A Ritchey officer: Executive Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001
Peter V Otteni officer: Senior Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, SUITE 200W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Carol B. Einiger director POST ROCK ADVISORS, LLC, ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Tony West director 1455 MARKET STREET, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Matthew J Lustig director LAZARD FRERES & CO LLC, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLZA 50TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10020
Donna D Garesche officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer C/O BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Hilary J. Spann officer: Executive Vice President 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mary E Kipp director 100 N STANTON, EL PASO TX 79901
Douglas T Linde officer: SVP & CFO BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Frank D Burt officer: Senior Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
John J Stroman officer: Senior Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, SUITE 200W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Bryan J Koop officer: Senior Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Bruce W Duncan director ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4200, CHICAGO IL 60606

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