Shaw Communications (Shaw Communications) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.97 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)

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What is Shaw Communications 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Shaw Communications's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2022 was 2.97.

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

SJR' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.92 Med: 4.26 Max: 6.2
Current: 2.97

During the past 13 years, Shaw Communications's highest Yield on Cost was 6.20. The lowest was 2.92. And the median was 4.26.

SJR's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.5 vs SJR: 2.97

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

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Shaw Communications'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.

Shaw Communications's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Shaw Communications's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Shaw Communications 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 Shaw Communications is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) 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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Shaw Communications (Shaw Communications) Business Description

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Address

630 - 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900, Finance Department, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4L4

Website

https://www.shaw.ca

Shaw Communications is a Canadian cable company that is one of the biggest providers of internet, television, and landline telephone services in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario. In fiscal 2021, more than 75% of Shaw's total revenue resulted from this wireline business. Shaw now also offers wireless service over most of Canada's population footprint after acquiring Wind Mobile in 2016. As a smaller carrier, Shaw has favored bidding status in spectrum auctions, giving it a further boost in enhancing its wireless network. At the 2019 auction, Shaw added significant amounts of 600 MHz spectrum to the 700 MHz spectrum it is currently deploying.