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Metrofile Holdings (JSE:MFL) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.03 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Metrofile Holdings 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Metrofile Holdings's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.03.


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

JSE:MFL' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 3.79   Max: 17.29
Current: 5.03


During the past 13 years, Metrofile Holdings's highest Yield on Cost was 17.29. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 3.79.


JSE:MFL's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
66.61% of 587 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.57 vs JSE:MFL: 5.03

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Metrofile Holdings'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.


Metrofile Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Metrofile Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Metrofile Holdings 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 Metrofile Holdings is calculated as

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

Metrofile Holdings  (JSE:MFL) 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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Metrofile Holdings (JSE:MFL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
28 Fricker Road, First Floor, West Block, Illovo Boulevard, Sandton, GT, ZAF, 2196
Metrofile Holdings Ltd provides data management and data storage facilities to its clients. The company offers Records storage and management, including backup and protection of active and inactive documents, images, and data in physical and electronic format. It also provides other services such as Digital services, Business support services, and other Products and Solutions. Its segments include MRM South Africa, which is the key revenue driver; MRM Rest of Africa; MRM Middle East and Products and Services South Africa. The majority of its revenue is derived from its Secure storage services.