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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Canadian Solar 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Canadian Solar's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.00.


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



CSIQ's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Solar's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Solar subindustry, Canadian Solar'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.


Canadian Solar's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Canadian Solar's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Canadian Solar 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 Canadian Solar is calculated as

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

Canadian Solar  (NAS:CSIQ) 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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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON, CAN, N1K 1E6
Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Global Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment design, develop and manufacture solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Energy segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.