Dupont Fabros Technology (Dupont Fabros Technology) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 25.20 (As of Jun. 04, 2024)

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What is Dupont Fabros Technology 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Dupont Fabros Technology's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 25.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

DFTPRC.PFD' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.47 Med: 14.67 Max: 34.05
Current: 25.2

During the past 13 years, Dupont Fabros Technology's highest Yield on Cost was 34.05. The lowest was 1.47. And the median was 14.67.

DFTPRC.PFD's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 6.97 vs DFTPRC.PFD: 25.20

Competitive Comparison of Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dupont Fabros Technology's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Dupont Fabros Technology 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Dupont Fabros Technology is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Dupont Fabros Technology (NYSE:DFTPRC.PFD) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Dupont Fabros Technology (Dupont Fabros Technology) Business Description

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http://www.dft.com

Dupont Fabros Technology, or DFT, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the design and operation of multitenant, wholesale data centers in metropolitan areas across the United States. The company provides the space and infrastructure, such as electrical power, security, and fire suppression services for customers to operate their servers and computing equipment. Its real estate portfolio is composed of large data centers located in the Northern Virginia, Chicago, Greater New York City, and Santa Clara, California areas. DFT derives the majority of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants in short- to medium-term lease agreements. The company's major customers are technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, and Yahoo, which account for most of its revenue.