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Delhaize Group (Delhaize Group) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.78 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Delhaize Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Delhaize Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 1.78.


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

DEG' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 1.78
Current: 1.78

During the past 13 years, Delhaize Group's highest Yield on Cost was 1.78. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


DEG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.88 vs DEG: 1.78

Competitive Comparison of Delhaize Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Delhaize Group'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.

Delhaize Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Delhaize Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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


Delhaize Group 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 Delhaize Group is calculated as

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

Delhaize Group  (NYSE:DEG) 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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Delhaize Group (Delhaize Group) Business Description

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http://www.delhaizegroup.com
Delhaize Group SA was founded in Belgium in 1867. It operates food supermarkets. Its conducts its retail operations through its businesses in the United States; Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, collectively as Delhaize Belgium; Greece, Romania and Serbia, collectively as Southeastern Europe; and Indonesia. Its store network also includes other store formats such as proximity, cash and carry and specialty stores. Its competitors include international, national, regional and local supermarket chains, supercenters, independent grocery stores, specialty food stores, warehouse club stores, retail drug chains, convenience stores, membership clubs, general merchandisers, discount retailers and restaurants. Food retail chains generally compete on the basis of location, quality of products, service, price, product variety, store condition and e-commerce offer. The Company's brands include Delhaize, Taste of Inspirations, 365, Care, Delhaize Eco and Delhaize Bio.