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Afrimat (JSE:AFT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 6.99 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Afrimat 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Afrimat's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 6.99.


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

JSE:AFT' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.39   Med: 6.84   Max: 13
Current: 6.99


During the past 13 years, Afrimat's highest Yield on Cost was 13.00. The lowest was 3.39. And the median was 6.84.


JSE:AFT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
72.8% of 239 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 3.68 vs JSE:AFT: 6.99

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

For the Building Materials subindustry, Afrimat'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.


Afrimat's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Afrimat's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Afrimat 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 Afrimat is calculated as

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

Afrimat  (JSE:AFT) 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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Afrimat (JSE:AFT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Corner Willie van Schoor Avenue and Old Oak Road, Tyger Valley Office Park No. 2, Tyger Valley, Bellville, WC, ZAF, 7530
Afrimat Ltd is a South Africa-based company. It operates in three segments: Construction Materials, which comprises aggregates, concrete-based products, and contracting operations; Industrial Minerals segment consists mainly of the sale of limestone, dolomite, and industrial sand; Bulk Commodities segment includes iron ore and anthracite; and Services segment consists of Group shared services including IT services, consulting services, etc. It operates in a single geographical segment, which is the African region.