Poor Dividend Yields in FTSE 100 & 250: Analysis

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Poor Dividend Yields in FTSE 100 & 250: Analysis

Analysis of industry data by ETF provider GraniteShares reveals that 16 FTSE 100 companies have annual dividend yields – these are based on the current share price and the total dividends declared in the previous 12 months - of 0%.

A total of 35 FTSE 100 companies have made a cut to their most recent dividends or have stated that their next ones will be cut, and 30 have annual dividend yields of less than 1%.

When reviewing FTSE 250 companies, 75 have annual dividend yields of 0%, 85 have cut their most recent dividends or declared their next one will be reduced, and 99 have annual dividend yields of less than 1%.

GraniteShares says the decline in dividends has fuelled growth in sophisticated UK retail investors using leverage and short trading strategies.   The value of trading in its 3x long and 3x short single stock ETPs listed on the London Stock Exchange was $505 million in the first four months of this year, compared to $153 million for the period September to December 2020.

The most traded 3x leveraged GraniteShares single stock ETP in April 2021 was 3x Long Tesla (3LTS), followed by 3x Long Nio (3LNI) and 3x Long Rolls-Royce (3LRR).  In terms of the most traded 3x short GraniteShares ETPs, 3x Short Tesla was followed by 3x Short Nio and 3x Short Rolls-Royce.

 

Most traded single stock 3x leveraged GraniteShares ETP in April 2021

Value traded in April 2021 in $ million

Percentage of total traded 

3x Long Tesla (3LTS)

$147.5m

66%

3x Long Nio (3LNI)

$42.7m

19%

3x Long Rolls-Royce (3LRR)

$11.0m

5%

3x Long BP (3LBP)

$5.5m

2%

3x Long AstraZeneca (3LAZ)

$2.3m

1%

        

Most traded single stock 3x short GraniteShares ETP in April 2021

Value traded in Q1 2021 in $ million

Percentage of total traded 

3x Short Tesla (3STS)

$22.4m

41%

3x Short Nio (3SNI)

$18.5m

34%

3x Short Rolls-Royce (3SRR)

$2.7m

5%

3x Facebook (3SFB)

$2.0m

4%

3x Short NVIDIA (3SNV)

$1.2m

2%

 

Will Rhind, Founder and CEO at GraniteShares said: “Dividends make up a huge part of returns for investors and many have been cut or cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus crisis.

As investors look to replace these lost returns, many sophisticated ones have turned to using leverage and short investment strategies, which has fuelled strong growth in our single stock 3x long and 3x short ETPs.

GraniteShares currently offers 54 exchange traded products (ETPs) listed on the London Stock Exchange. They consist of a suite of index ETPs tracking FAANG stocks and a suite of Short and Leveraged Single Stock Daily ETPs tracking some of the most popular companies in UK and U.S. markets. 

 GraniteShares suite of ETPs on FAANG stocks

Product Name Ticker

GraniteShares FAANG ETP

FANG

GraniteShares GAFAM ETP

GFAM

GraniteShares FATANG ETP

FTNG

 

 GraniteShares Short and Leveraged ETPs on FAANG stocks

Underlying Index +3x Long -3x Short  -1x Short

FAANG

3FNG

3SFG

SFNG

GAFAM

3GFM

3SGF

SGFM

FATANG

3FTG

3SFT

SFTG

 

 GraniteShares Short and Leveraged Single Stock Daily ETPs on UK companies

Underlying stock +3x Long -3x Short

AstraZeneca

3LAZ

3SAZ

BAE Systems

3LBA

3SBA

Barclays

3LBC

3SBC

BP

3LBP

3SBP

Diageo

3LDO

3SDO

Glencore

3LGL

3SGL

Lloyds Banking Group

3LLL

3SLL

Rio Tinto

3LRI

3SRI

Royal Dutch Shell

3LRD

3SRD

Rolls-Royce

3LRR

3SRR

Vodafone

3LVO

3SVO

 

GraniteShares Short and Leveraged Single Stock Daily ETPs on US technology companies

Underlying stock +3x Long -3x Short

Alphabet

3LAL

3SAL

Amazon

3LZN

3SZN

Apple

3LAP

3SAP

Facebook

3LFB

3SFB

Microsoft

3LMS

3SMS

Netflix

3LNF

3SNF

NIO

3LNI

3SNI

NVIDIA

3LNV

3SNV

Tesla

3LTS

3STS

Uber

3LUB

3SUB

 

GraniteShares: A brief history

GraniteShares is an entrepreneurial ETP provider focused on providing sophisticated investors with innovative, cutting edge investment solutions. We believe the future of investing lies at the nexus of alternative thinking, low fees and disruptive product structures—the core of our high conviction philosophy. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, we launched our first product in 2017 and are now among the fastest growing ETP issuers with around $1.5 Billion in assets under management spanning a full array of investment strategies.

This press release is issued by Graniteshares Limited. GraniteShares Limited (FRN 798443) is an appointed representative of Messels Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

ETPs are issued by Graniteshares Financial PLC, a company incorporated in Ireland.

Investing in GraniteShares ETPs on U.S. listed stocks

Those trading GraniteShares new US leverage and inverse ETPs will not need to complete a W-8BEN form (US Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting).

The ETPs can be held in self-select ISAs and SIPPs.

There is no margin requirement and losses cannot exceed the amount invested.

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