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Merus Labs International (Merus Labs International) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Merus Labs International 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Merus Labs International's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 0.00.


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



MSLI's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 2.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Merus Labs International's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Merus Labs International'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.


Merus Labs International's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Merus Labs International's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Merus Labs International 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 Merus Labs International is calculated as

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

Merus Labs International  (NAS:MSLI) 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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Merus Labs International (Merus Labs International) Business Description

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Merus Labs International Inc was incorporated on October 1, 2012 in British Columbia. The Company is a specialty pharmaceutical company. It acquires prescription medicines in various categories which include on patent but at maturity stage of product life cycle; branded generics; under promoted products; Niche market pharmaceuticals; and products with annual sales below critical threshold for large pharma. The Company competes with multinational pharmaceutical development corporations to small, single product companies that may limit their activities to a particular therapeutic area or region or territory.

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