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Iamgold (Iamgold) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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

Iamgold's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.


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


During the past 13 years, Iamgold's highest Yield on Cost was 7.55. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 4.41.


IAG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 3.23
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Gold subindustry, Iamgold'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.


Iamgold's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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



Iamgold 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 Iamgold is calculated as

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

Iamgold  (NYSE:IAG) 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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Iamgold (Iamgold) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
401 Bay Street, Suite 3200, P.O. Box 153, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 2Y4
Iamgold Corp is a mid-tier gold mining company operating in three regions globally North America, South America and West Africa. Within these regions, the company is developing potential mining districts that encompass operating mines and construction, development and exploration projects. The company's operating mines include Essakane in Burkina Faso, Rosebel in Suriname and Westwood in Canada. A solid base of strategic assets is complemented by the Cote Gold construction project in Canada, the Boto Gold development project in Senegal, as well as greenfield and brownfield exploration projects in various countries located in the Americas and West Africa.