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Hipgnosis Songs Fund (LSE:SONG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.30 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Hipgnosis Songs Fund 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Hipgnosis Songs Fund's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.30.


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

LSE:SONG' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.3   Med: 4.84   Max: 8.47
Current: 1.3


During the past 5 years, Hipgnosis Songs Fund's highest Yield on Cost was 8.47. The lowest was 1.30. And the median was 4.84.


LSE:SONG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
77.63% of 389 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 2.94 vs LSE:SONG: 1.30

Competitive Comparison of Hipgnosis Songs Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Entertainment subindustry, Hipgnosis Songs 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.


Hipgnosis Songs Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Hipgnosis Songs Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hipgnosis Songs 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 Hipgnosis Songs Fund is calculated as

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

Hipgnosis Songs Fund  (LSE:SONG) 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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Hipgnosis Songs Fund (LSE:SONG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, P.O. Box 286, Floor 2, Saint Peter Port, GGY, GY1 4LY
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd is an investment company. The company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with an attractive and growing level of income, together with the potential for capital growth. It offers to play exposure to songs and associated musical intellectual property rights. Hipgnosis Songs Fund serves customers globally.

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