Morningstar calculates WMT's
average dividend yield over the past 5 years as 2.5 %, so at 3 % current yield, I would estimate that WMT is 20 % undervalued by this valuation method.
The first term is just the annualized capital gain, while the second term reasonably approximates
the average dividend yield over the holding period.
DIV STRK is consecutive years of dividend increases; DIV YLD is yield using the most recently announced dividend; 5 YR YLD is
average dividend yield over the past 5 years; REC DG is most recent year - over-year dividend growth; 5 YR DG is average annual dividend growth over the past 5 years; PRICE was at market close Friday, March 2; FAIR VAL is Morningstar's «Fair Value Estimate»; FWD P / E is price / earnings ratio based on projected 2018 earnings; 5 YR P / E is average P / E ratio over the past 5 years; MOAT is Morningstar's rating of competitive economic advantage; SFT is Value Line's «Safety» score; CRD is Standard & Poor's credit rating; MKT CAP is market cap in billions of dollars.
The first term is just the annualized capital gain, while the second term reasonably approximates
the average dividend yield over the holding period.
Not exact matches
There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves
over an investing lifetime by focusing on
dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies -
dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their
dividends at rates considerably above
average and high
dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above -
average dividend yields as measured by the
dividend rate compared to the stock market price.
In order to received $ 60k in annual
dividend income, I'll need a portfolio valued at
over 1.7 Mil that
yields an
average of 3.5 %.
Since total return is comprised of income (via
dividends or distributions) and capital gain, with the former counting much more
over the long term, the case for this stock having a great 2018 is certainly already there based on that higher - than -
average yield.
If you're an income investor, you're looking for stocks that have higher - than -
average dividends and
dividend yields, a steady track record of paying out
dividends, stable performance, solid reputations, and rising
dividends year
over year.
If the
dividend yield rises to the historical
average of 4 % even 30 years from now, investors will have earned a total return of just 5 % annually
over that span.
If I assume a
dividend growth rate of 6 percent (about the long - run
average *), the current S&P 500
dividend yield of 2.1 percent (from multpl.com), a terminal S&P 500
dividend yield of 4 percent (Hussman says that the
dividend yield on stocks has historically
averaged about 4 percent), the expected nominal return
over ten years is 2.4 percent annually.
Each of the five funds in the suite offer exposure to an index that seeks to invest in companies that have an above
average yield, but also have a history of growing or at least maintaining their
dividend over time.
The first screen looks for companies with above -
average dividend yields that have also maintained or increased their
dividends over the past five years.
Each of the five funds in the suite offer exposure to an index that seeks to invest in companies that have an above
average yield, but also have a history of growing or at least maintaining their
dividend over time.
Even despite its 24 % share price collapse
over the last year, Nike's stock still trades at a forward P / E ratio of 21.3 and offers a small
dividend yield of 1.3 %, which is about in line with the stock's five - year
average yield.
The higher -
yielding stocks paid an
average total
dividend over the 4 1/2 - year period of $ 5.72, while the lower -
yielding stocks provided
average total
dividends of $ 3.43.
Most of our investments have characteristics that have been associated empirically with above -
average investment rates of return
over long measurement periods: a low stock price in relation to book value, a low price - to - earnings ratio, a low price - to - cash - flow ratio, an above -
average dividend yield, a low price - to - sales ratio compared to other companies in the same industry, a significant pattern of purchases by insiders, a significant decline in share price.
These have an
average dividend yield of 4 %, approximately three percentage points above the current
yield on 10 - year TIPS, and
over one percentage point ahead of the
yield on standard 10 - year Treasury bonds.
A little
over a year ago, in June of 2015, I started a series of articles in which I highlight the stocks from the
Dividend Champions list that have the highest and the lowest Percent Above
Average Yield (PAAY)
over the past year and
over the past five years.
Since total return is comprised of income (via
dividends or distributions) and capital gain, with the former counting much more
over the long term, the case for this stock having a great 2018 is certainly already there based on that higher - than -
average yield.
Its
dividend yield is above the peer
average over the past ten years and increase from 2.8 % in 2012 to 3 % currently.
Today, the nation wide
average yield for a money market fund is about 0.1 %, so investors can expect to see a steady drop in
dividends over the last year of the fund if interest rates stay where they are today.
Meanwhile the
yield of 1.9 %, while not enough to make this stock suitable for living off
dividends during retirement, is more than twice as high as its
average yield of 0.8 %
over the past 22 years.
Realty Income stock pays a higher - than -
average dividend yield, has outperformed the market
over t...
A recent study found that U.S. stock funds with
yields over 2 % (meaning they hold mostly
dividend stocks) had an
average three - year annualized standard deviation (a measure of volatility) of three percentage points less than stock funds
yielding less than 2 %.
If I assume a
dividend growth rate of 6 percent (about the long - run
average *), the current S&P 500
dividend yield of 2.1 percent (from multpl.com), a terminal S&P 500
dividend yield of 4 percent (Hussman says that the
dividend yield on stocks has historically
averaged about 4 percent), the expected nominal return
over ten years is 2.4 percent annually.
Current S&P 500
dividend yield is about 1.9 %, which is less than the typical 3 % historical
average over the last century.
From 2005 to 2015,
dividend growth
averaged 4.97 percent and
yield 2.07 percent, while inflation grew at 2.28 %
over the same period.
But the sector remains on my radar, as I suspect it's now close to a consolidation point where a
dividend /
yield - driven REIT business model takes
over (
average large - cap
dividend yield's now only 2.2 %), which could trigger a new wave of investor sentiment & demand.
As displayed in Exhibit 2, the portfolio's 3.57 %
average dividend yield was supported by a 9.5 %
average free cash flow
yield, compared with the benchmark's 1.99 %
average dividend yield funded by 4.87 %
average free cash flow
yield over the sampled history.
According to Mellon Capital and FactSet Research Systems» data, S&P 500 stocks with an
average yield of greater than 16 % had a realized
dividend yield of just
over 3 % when all was said and done.
I like to add to my equity holdings
over time using a dollar cost
averaging strategy, so rather than stop investing I added to my position each month in the Vanguard High
Dividend Yield ETF (VYM).
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over several time frames.
The
dividend yield of 4.6 % is just under the
average of 4.9 %
over the last five years.
The first screen looks for companies with above -
average dividend yields that have also maintained or increased their
dividends over the past five years.
Because earnings are
averaged over ten years, it turns out to be more reliable than
dividend yield for projecting market behavior.
In fact,
over the last ten years *, the
dividend yield of the Dogs of the Dow has
averaged 4.1 % versus 2.6 % for the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and 2.2 % for S&P 500 Index, which represents an average yield on the «Dogs of the Dow» of more than 50 % higher than the Dow Jones Industrial Average and nearly double the S
Average and 2.2 % for S&P 500 Index, which represents an
average yield on the «Dogs of the Dow» of more than 50 % higher than the Dow Jones Industrial Average and nearly double the S
average yield on the «Dogs of the Dow» of more than 50 % higher than the Dow Jones Industrial
Average and nearly double the S
Average and nearly double the S&P 500.
Their stocks have outperformed other major sectors
over the past five years, and are historically high -
yield with
average dividends of about 2.4 percent.
At times when the
yield spread was less than 80 basis points — when REIT
dividend yields were extraordinarily high, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially low relative to current distributions — REIT performance
over the next year tended to be especially strong, with total returns that
averaged 20.81 percent and outpaced the broad stock market by 5.67 percentage points.
At times when the
yield spread was greater than 180 basis points — that is, when REIT
dividend yields were extraordinarily low, reflecting REIT stock prices that were especially high relative to their current distributions — REIT performance
over the next year tended to be weak, with total returns that
averaged 6.98 percent and underperformed the broad stock market by 1.84 percentage points.