As of today (2024-05-22), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Kawan Food Bhd is 2.31%.
Good Sign:
Kawan Food Bhd stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.
The historical rank and industry rank for Kawan Food Bhd's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:
XKLS:7216'
s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51 Med: 1.31 Max: 2.91
Current: 2.31
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Kawan Food Bhd was 2.91%. The lowest was 0.51%. And the median was 1.31%.
XKLS:7216's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 51.32% of 1099
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.27
vs XKLS:7216: 2.31
During the past 12 months, Kawan Food Bhd's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Kawan Food Bhd was 28.30% per year. The lowest was -32.70% per year. And the median was 9.15% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Kawan Food Bhd Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Kawan Food Bhd'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.
Competitive Comparison of Kawan Food Bhd's Dividend Yield %
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Kawan Food Bhd'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.
Kawan Food Bhd's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kawan Food Bhd's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kawan Food Bhd's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Kawan Food Bhd Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Kawan Food Bhd Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
MYR 0.042000
2024-03-20
2024-03-21
2024-04-02
Cash Dividend
annually
MYR:MYR 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.
Kawan Food Bhd's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Kawan Food Bhd's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
0.042
/
1.82
=
2.31 %
Current Share Price is RM1.82. Kawan Food Bhd's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as RM0.042 * 1 = RM0.042.
* 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.
Kawan Food Bhd (XKLS:7216) 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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Kawan Food Bhd is an investment holding company principally engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling frozen food products. The product portfolio includes Bakery, Bun, Chapatti, Dessert, Finger Food, Frozen Vegetable, Paratha and Spring Roll Pastry and others. The company produce and sell food under the brands of Kawan, KG Pastry, Veat, PassionBake and Aman, of which Kawan remains its key brand. The group is also involved in the other businesses of investment property and rental of trucks; food truck operator and others. Its geographical segments include Malaysia, North America, Rest of Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa.
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