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Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE:AOF) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 12, 2024)


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What is Africa Opportunity Fund 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Africa Opportunity Fund's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.


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


During the past 11 years, Africa Opportunity Fund's highest Yield on Cost was 3.78. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 1.30.


LSE:AOF's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 5.89
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Africa Opportunity Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Africa Opportunity Fund'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.


Africa Opportunity Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Africa Opportunity Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Africa Opportunity Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Africa Opportunity Fund 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 Africa Opportunity Fund is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Africa Opportunity Fund  (LSE:AOF) 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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Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE:AOF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
South Church Street, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, CYM
Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd operates in United Kingdom's financial service sector and is a closed-end investment company formed with the objective of achieving capital growth and income through investments in value, arbitrage, and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa. The Company is organized into one main operating segment, which invests in equity securities, debt instruments, and relative derivatives. All of the Company's activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent on the others.

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