Kaiser Aluminum's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.63.
The historical rank and industry rank for Kaiser Aluminum's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
KALU'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.2 Med: 3.12 Max: 8.1
Current: 4.63
During the past 13 years, Kaiser Aluminum's highest Yield on Cost was 8.10. The lowest was 2.20. And the median was 3.12.
KALU's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than 62.54% of 307
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 3.23
vs KALU: 4.63
Competitive Comparison of Kaiser Aluminum's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Aluminum subindustry, Kaiser Aluminum'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.
Kaiser Aluminum's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Kaiser Aluminum's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kaiser Aluminum's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Kaiser Aluminum 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 Kaiser Aluminum is calculated as
Kaiser Aluminum (NAS:KALU) 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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Kaiser Aluminum (Kaiser Aluminum) Business Description
Kaiser Aluminum Corp produces and sells semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products primarily to industrial customers. The company purchases primary and scrap aluminum, primarily from its five largest suppliers, and processes it into specialized value-added products. It hedges its aluminum costs in an attempt to match commodity price changes between the time it purchases the raw materials and sells the finished products. Kaiser produces high-strength aluminum products for the aerospace industry, specialized aluminum extrusions for the automotive industry, and also sells products to customers in the general engineering industry. Nearly all of Kaiser's revenue is generated in the US, with the remainder coming from Canada. The company's operations are also located in the U.S. and Canada.
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