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Yamana Gold (Yamana Gold) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.05 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Yamana Gold 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Yamana Gold's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 2.05.


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

AUY' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.05   Med: 2.34   Max: 2.37
Current: 2.05


During the past 13 years, Yamana Gold's highest Yield on Cost was 2.37. The lowest was 2.05. And the median was 2.34.


AUY's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 3.2 vs AUY: 2.05

Competitive Comparison of Yamana Gold's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Gold subindustry, Yamana Gold'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.


Yamana Gold's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Yamana Gold's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yamana Gold's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Yamana Gold 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 Yamana Gold is calculated as

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

Yamana Gold  (NYSE:AUY) 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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Yamana Gold (Yamana Gold) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
200 Bay Street, Suite 2200, Royal Bank Plaza, North Tower, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2J3
Yamana Gold Inc is a Canadian-based precious metals producer with gold and silver production, development stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions throughout the Americas, including Canada, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. The company's segment includes Canadian Malartic; Jacobina; Cerro Moro; El Penon; Minera Florida and Corporate and other. It generates maximum revenue from the Canadian Malartic segment.

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