not classified dividend payout ratios
2 companies, computed from their own SEC filings. 1 of them answer differently by 20 points or more depending on which basis you divide by.
What ordinary looks like here
On the basis each company’s own filings make applicable, the median company pays out 10.9%. Half sit between 10.9% and 116.6%. Across all 532 companies here the median is 41.9% — 31.0 points less than the site as a whole.
Which basis applies, and to how many
Not a choice — it is what each company’s filings support.
Where the bases disagree most
The same dividend, a different answer. These are the widest gaps in not classified.
- Marcus (MCS) 61.3 pts
Lowest payout
- Marcus 10.9%
- Oriental Culture Holding 116.6%
Highest payout
- Oriental Culture Holding 116.6%
- Marcus 10.9%
Common questions
What is a good dividend payout ratio for a company?
Measured on the basis its own filings support, the median here is 10.9%, with half between 10.9% and 116.6%. That is the empirical answer for this sector rather than a rule of thumb, and it is the only comparison that means anything — a figure that is ordinary in one sector is stretched in another.
Which measure should a company be judged on?
1 of the 2 measured here are read on operating cash flow, because that is what their filings support. Each company’s page shows every basis it can be measured on and marks the one that applies.
Where do these numbers come from?
Each company’s own annual filing, read out of SEC XBRL. Every page names the accession number its figures came from and links it to EDGAR, so any figure here can be checked against the source.
All 2 companies
What a dividend payout ratio measures, and why one threshold does not fit every sector.