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Founded in 1847 and based in Hamburg, Germany, Hapag-Lloyd AG (HPGLY) is a container liner shipping company.

It transports containers by sea.

It operates through the six geographical segments: Atlantic, Transpacific, Far East, Middle East, Intra-Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Its products include dry cargo, reefer cargo, dangerous goods, and special cargo.

Three key data points gauge HPGLY or any dividend-paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

HPGLY Price

Hapag-Lloyd’s single share price dropped 17.7% from $84.99 to $69.99 last year, per Wednesday’s market price.

No analysts cover the stock.

However, HPGLY's share price showed an average one-year gain of $4.60 over the past 5 years.

HPGLY Dividends

Hapag-Lloyd has paid variable annual dividends since June, 2018.

It paid an Annual dividend of $4.64 for the year 2025.

So, $4.64 is used as HPGLY’s forward-looking dividend amount for 2026.

HPGLY Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical $9.24 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding HPGLY’s annual $4.64 dividend to the averaged $4.60 annual price gain per 5-year historic records.

A little under $1000 invested at Tuesday’s $69.99 share price would buy 14 shares which, multiply the $9.24 estimated gross gain to $132.16 for the coming year.

About 52% of that $132 gain comes from an annual dividend payout of $66.30.

And that $66.30 dividend from $1k invested is nearly 2x greater than Hapag-Lloyd’s $69.99 single share price.

(The dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

2 is more than 1.

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on HPGLY and its annual dividend payout of nearly 2 times its single share price.

The exact track of Hapag-Lloyd’s future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances. 

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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