What is Plum Creek Timber Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?
Plum Creek Timber Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 4.82.
The historical rank and industry rank for Plum Creek Timber Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
PCL'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 4.82
Current: 4.82
During the past 13 years, Plum Creek Timber Co's highest Yield on Cost was 4.82. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.
PCL's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Forest Products industry.
Industry Median: 2.39
vs PCL: 4.82
Competitive Comparison of Plum Creek Timber Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Plum Creek Timber Co'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.
Plum Creek Timber Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Plum Creek Timber Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Plum Creek Timber Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Plum Creek Timber Co 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.
Plum Creek Timber Co (NYSE:PCL) 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.
Plum Creek Timber Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms
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Plum Creek Timber Co (Plum Creek Timber Co) Business Description
Plum Creek Timber Co Inc was incorporated in Delaware. It is a real estate investment trust. The Company owned approximately 6.6 million acres of timberlands located in 19 states. It manages its timberlands in two business segments: the Northern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin; and the Southern Resources Segment, consisting of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. In addition, its Energy and Natural Resources Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities for oil and natural gas production, construction aggregates and mineral extraction, wind power and communication and transportation rights of way. The Company's real estate segment includes development of certain properties, internally and through joint venture arrangements. The Company's manufacturing segment, also conducted through its wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiaries, includes two lumber mills, two plywood mills and two medium density fiberboard ("MDF") production lines in Montana and one lumber remanufacturing facility in Idaho. Some of its real estate activities, including its real estate development business, are conducted through its wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2014, the Northern Resources Segment encompassed approximately 3.1 million acres of timberlands and the Southern Resources Segment consisted of approximately 3.6 million acres of timberlands. In its Real Estate Segment, the Company competes with numerous sellers of entitled and unentitled land in hundreds of local markets. The Company's operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including laws relating to water, air, solid waste and hazardous substances and the requirements of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and comparable state statutes relating to the health and safety of its employees.
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