Diamond Foods's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was 0.00.
The historical rank and industry rank for Diamond Foods's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
DMND's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.83 * Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.
Competitive Comparison of Diamond Foods's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Diamond Foods'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.
Diamond Foods's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Diamond Foods's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Diamond Foods's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Diamond Foods 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 Diamond Foods is calculated as
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.
Diamond Foods 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms
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Diamond Foods (Diamond Foods) Business Description
Diamond Foods Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 as the successor to Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc., a member-owned California agricultural cooperative association. In July 2005, Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. merged with and into Diamond Foods, Inc., converted from a cooperative association to a Delaware corporation and completed an initial public offering of Diamond Foods' common stock. The Company is a packaged food company focused on building and energizing brands. It is engaged in processing, marketing and distributing snack products and culinary, in-shell and ingredient nuts. The Company's segments include Snacks and Nuts. The Company sells snack products under Kettle Brand(r) and Pop Secret(r) brands. Microwave popcorn products are offered in traditional flavors. In March 2010, the Company complemented its snack portfolio with the acquisition of Kettle Foods, a premium potato chip company. Kettle Foods products are offered in a variety of flavors and sizes. Its snack products are typically available in grocery store snack, natural and produce aisles, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, natural food stores and other places where snacks are sold. Under the nuts segment the Company sells nut products under the Emerald brand, and Diamond of California(r) brand in grocery store baking aisles and produce aisles and through mass merchandisers and club stores. Culinary nuts are marketed to individuals who prepare meals or baked goods at home and who value fresh, high-quality products. The Company also sell in-shell nuts under the Diamond of California(r) brand during the winter holiday season. Its non-retail nut business includes international markets and North American ingredient customers. It market ingredient nuts internationally under the Diamond of California(r) brand to food processors, restaurants, bakeries and food service companies and their suppliers. Diamond's institutional and industrial customers use its standard or customer-specified products to add flavor and texture in their product offerings. It also sells in-shell nuts to international markets. Emerald products include roasted, glazed and flavored nuts, trail mixes, granola, dried fruit and similar offerings that are sold where snack nuts and convenient breakfast items are sold. The Company obtains its raw materials from domestic and international sources. The Company's products competes with other food industries. It is subject to governmental laws and regulations.
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