Gooch & Housego PLC engages in the manufacture and sale of acousto-optics, electro-optics, fiber optics, and precision optics and systems in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Aerospace & Defence, Life Sciences/Bio-photonics, and Industrial segments. It offers acousto-optic products, such as acousto-optic modulators, deflectors, frequency shifters, model lockers, multi-channel modulators, pulse pickers, Q-switches, tunable filters, and RF drivers; crystal optics, including crystals and nonlinear optics, lithium niobate wafers, and periodically-poled lithium niobite; and electro-optics, such as pockels cells, lithium niobate Q-switches, and pockels cell drivers. It also provides fiber optics, such as DFB lasers and modules, fiber coupled pump lasers, high speed detectors and power combiners, benchtop laser controllers, polarization-maintaining and single-mode fused fiber couplers, polarization diverse receivers, ruggedized and wideband couplers, planar lightwave circuits, and fiber coupled modulators; precision optics, including beamsplitters, corner cubes, optical domes, optical windows and flats, precision lenses, precision mirrors, precision prisms, ring laser gyroscope components, synchrotron mirrors, waveplates, Hy-Per bond, magnetoheological finishing, optical coatings, single point diamond turning, and superpolishing; lens systems, such as broadband, LWIR, MWIR, and Vis-SWIR lens systems; and vision systems for armored fighting vehicles, including embedded image periscope and sighting systems, enhanced drivers vision system, sabre commander/gunner sights, spares and repairs, spectre camera pack, and unity vision periscopes. The company offers its products for use in semiconductor and microelectronic, metrology, telecommunications, and scientific research industries; and mission-critical applications. Gooch & Housego plc was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Ilminster, the United Kingdom.
Gooch & Housego Dividend Announcement
• Gooch & Housego announced a semi annually dividend of £4.90 per ordinary share which will be made payable on 2024-07-26. Ex dividend date: 2024-06-20
• Gooch & Housego annual dividend for 2024 was £13.10
• Gooch & Housego annual dividend for 2023 was £12.70
• Gooch & Housego's trailing twelve-month (TTM) dividend yield is 2.71%
• Gooch & Housego's payout ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is 303.11%
• Gooch & Housego's dividend growth over the last five years (2018-2023) was 3.49% year
• Gooch & Housego's dividend growth over the last ten years (2013-2023) was 8.73% year
Gooch & Housego Dividend History
Ex-Div date | Dividend amount | Dividend type | Pay date |
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2024-06-20 | £4.90 | semi annually | 2024-07-26 |
2024-01-18 | £8.20 | semi annually | 2024-02-23 |
2023-06-22 | £4.80 | semi annually | 2023-07-28 |
2023-01-19 | £7.90 | semi annually | 2023-02-24 |
2022-06-23 | £4.70 | semi annually | 2022-07-29 |
2022-01-20 | £7.70 | semi annually | 2022-02-25 |
2021-06-24 | £4.50 | semi annually | 2021-07-30 |
2020-01-23 | £7.20 | semi annually | 2020-02-28 |
2019-06-20 | £4.30 | semi annually | 2019-07-26 |
2019-01-24 | £7.10 | semi annually | 2019-03-01 |
2018-06-21 | £4.20 | semi annually | 2018-07-27 |
2018-01-25 | £6.50 | semi annually | 2018-03-02 |
2017-06-22 | £3.70 | semi annually | 2017-07-17 |
2016-12-15 | £5.70 | semi annually | 2017-03-03 |
2016-06-23 | £3.30 | semi annually | 2016-07-18 |
2015-12-17 | £5.20 | semi annually | 2016-03-03 |
2015-06-25 | £3.00 | semi annually | 2015-07-20 |
2014-12-18 | £4.60 | semi annually | 2015-03-05 |
2014-06-25 | £2.60 | semi annually | 2014-07-21 |
2014-02-05 | £4.00 | semi annually | 2014-02-28 |
2013-06-19 | £2.30 | semi annually | 2013-07-26 |
2013-01-23 | £3.20 | semi annually | 2013-03-01 |
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Gooch & Housego current trailing twelve-month (TTM) dividend yield is 2.71%. Interested in purchasing Gooch & Housego stock? Use our calculator to estimate your expected dividend yield:
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1. Determination of Dividend: Gooch & Housego's board of directors reviews the company's financial performance, cash flow, future investment needs, and other relevant factors to determine the amount and timing of dividend payments.
2. Dividend Declaration: Once the board approves a dividend, Gooch & Housego publicly announces the dividend amount, currency, and the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is the date on or after which the buyer of the stock will not be eligible to receive the upcoming dividend payment.
3. Record Date: The record date is the date on which the company checks its records to identify shareholders who are eligible to receive the dividend. Only shareholders on record as of this date will receive the dividend.
4. Payment Date: On the designated payment date, Gooch & Housego distributes the dividend to eligible shareholders. The dividend is usually paid in the form of cash directly into the shareholder's brokerage account or through other designated payment methods.
5. Tax Implications: Dividends received from Gooch & Housego are generally taxable as income. Shareholders may need to report dividend income on their tax returns and pay applicable taxes according to their jurisdiction's tax regulations.
1. Record Date: Gooch & Housego sets a record date, which is the date on which the company checks its records to determine the eligible shareholders. Only those who are shareholders on record as of this date will receive the dividend.
2. Payment Date: On the designated payment date, Gooch & Housego distributes the dividend to eligible shareholders. The payment is usually made electronically, directly into the shareholder's brokerage account or bank account.
3. Currency: Gooch & Housego declares the currency in which the dividend will be paid. Depending on the shareholder's location and the currency election made by the shareholder, the dividend will be converted to the appropriate currency during the payment process.
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