This company has no dividend history.
Based on TTM and annual data · Not a buy/sell signal
This company does not pay dividends
No dividend history found in company filings.
Does ATS (ATS) pay a dividend?
ATS (ATS) has never paid a dividend. It returns cash through buybacks instead, at roughly a 0.4% buyback yield over the last twelve months. The business does generate free cash flow of C$206 million, so the absence of a dividend is a capital-allocation choice rather than an inability to pay. All figures are computed from company filings; this is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Does ATS (ATS) pay a dividend?+
No. ATS (ATS) does not pay a dividend, and no dividend payment appears anywhere in the filing history we hold.
How does ATS return cash to shareholders?+
Through share buybacks rather than dividends. Over the last twelve months ATS reduced its share count at a rate equivalent to a 0.4% buyback yield. A buyback returns value by shrinking the share count, so each remaining share owns more of the business, but unlike a dividend it pays you nothing in cash and can be stopped at any time without an announcement.
Could ATS afford to pay a dividend?+
On the numbers, yes. ATS generated C$206 million of free cash flow, which is about C$2.09 per share. If it paid out half of that, the dividend would be roughly C$1.05 per share, a yield of about 6.0% at the current price. That is an illustration of capacity, not a prediction: the company has given no indication it intends to pay one.
Which industrials companies do pay dividends?+
Our Industrials sector page ranks the companies we cover by dividend score, which combines payout safety, free cash flow coverage and growth record. If income is what you are after, start there rather than with ATS.
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Held by ETFs
ATS is in 15 US ETFs. The largest of them, with ATS's weight in each:
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index FundVSS0.03%of the fund
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETFSCHC0.06%of the fund
- DFDFA International Small Company IDFIS0.08%of the fund
Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETFDISV0.04%of the fund
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETFBOTZ0.43%of the fund
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