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Royce Micro-Cap Trust (Royce Micro-Cap Trust) Dividend Yield % : 8.21% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Royce Micro-Cap Trust Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Royce Micro-Cap Trust is 8.21%.

Warning Sign:

Royce Micro-Cap Trust Inc stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

RMT' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.92   Med: 8.6   Max: 14.35
Current: 8.21

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Royce Micro-Cap Trust was 14.35%. The lowest was 4.92%. And the median was 8.60%.

RMT's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
68.31% of 1215 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.62 vs RMT: 8.21

Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.28.

During the past 7 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Royce Micro-Cap Trust was 0.50. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.34.

As of today (2024-04-27), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Royce Micro-Cap Trust is 8.21%.

Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.39.

During the past 12 months, Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -22.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.

During the past 7 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Royce Micro-Cap Trust was 11.80% per year. The lowest was 3.80% per year. And the median was 5.75% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royce Micro-Cap 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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Royce Micro-Cap Trust Dividend Yield % Chart

Royce Micro-Cap Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.96 6.03 7.27 11.11 8.01

Royce Micro-Cap Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.27 11.36 11.11 9.60 8.01

Competitive Comparison of Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Yield %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Royce Micro-Cap 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.


Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Royce Micro-Cap Trust Dividend Yield % Calculation

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

Royce Micro-Cap Trust Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1702024-03-082024-03-112024-03-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2202023-12-082023-12-112023-12-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1702023-09-082023-09-112023-09-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.1702023-06-092023-06-122023-06-23Cash 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.

Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.73/8.89
=8.21 %

Current Share Price is $8.89.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.73.

Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.68/8.89
=7.65 %

Current Share Price is $8.89.
Royce Micro-Cap Trust's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.17 * 4 = $0.68.

* 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.


Royce Micro-Cap Trust  (NYSE:RMT) 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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Royce Micro-Cap Trust (Royce Micro-Cap Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10151
Royce Micro-Cap Trust Inc is a diversified closed-end investment company. The company is engaged in investing in micro-cap securities. It invests in the consumer discretionary sector including auto components, automobiles, diversified consumer services, hotels, restaurants and leisure, household durables, internet and catalog retail, leisure products, media, multiline retail, textiles, apparel, and luxury goods, Consumer staples sector including beverages, food, and staples retailing, food products, and personal products, Energy sector including energy equipment and services, and oil, gas, and consumable fuels. The company also invests in other sectors including healthcare, financials, industrials, IT, telecommunications, and materials.
Executives
Julia Ward Poston director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300, NEW YORK NY 10151
Christopher C. Grisanti director 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300, NEW YORK NY 10151
O Byrne Daniel A officer: Vice President, other: VP - Investment Advisor ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
G Peter Obrien director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Michael K. Shields director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300, NEW YORK NY 10151
Christopher D Clark officer: Vice President, other: President - Investment Advisor 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2400, NEW YORK NY 10151
Cecile Burleigh Harper director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300, NEW YORK NY 10151
Charles M Royce director, officer: President, other: President-Investment Adviser C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
John E Denneen officer: Secretary, other: Secretary-Investment Adviser C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Richard M Galkin director, other: Director through 2/26/2016. C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Arthur S Mehlman director C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
John D Diederich officer: Vice President & Treasurer, other: COO & CFO - Investment Adviser ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Peter K Hoglund officer: Treasuer, other: CFO Investment Advisor 745 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2300, NEW YORK NY 10151
W Whitney George director, officer: Vice President, other: VP-Royce, through 11/10/2014 C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151
Fockler Jack E. Jr. officer: Vice President, other: VP - Investment Advisor C/O ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10151

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