HESAY Stock — Hermes International SA

Hermes International SA (HESAY)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HESAY is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.80%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.41%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 63/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1148.9% over the past 17.1 years, 215.3 points ahead of SPY at 933.6%.

Hermès International is a luxury goods manufacturer and retailer founded in 1837 and headquartered in Paris. The company designs and sells leather goods, ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, silk textiles, beauty products, watches, and tableware through a global network of stores across Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East, along with specialized boutiques for watches, fragrances, and home goods. The company currently distributes on a semi-annual basis, with its most recent distribution being a special one-time payout that may not recur regularly, and it appeals to investors seeking exposure to the luxury consumer sector.

HESAY performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1148.9% over the past 17.1 years, 215.3 points ahead of SPY at 933.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -40.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 44.9%.

HESAY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

63 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.50%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/01/2009

Distribution rate

0.80%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

1.41%

5-year average yield

0.61

Last close

$148.71 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$155,761,141,160

Average volume

18197.0

Dividend

$1.504

Ex-dividend date

04/22/2026

Payment date

05/18/2026

Beta

1.038

Payout ratio

42.1%

P/E ratio

29.68

Forward P/E

26.8097

EPS

$5.01

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.80%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.41%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HESAY risks and drawbacks

HESAY's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 44.9%.

Who may consider HESAY — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HESAY pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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