RPX (RPXC) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.95 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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

RPX's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.95.

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

RPXC' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 0.95
Current: 0.95

During the past 9 years, RPX's highest Yield on Cost was 0.95. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

RPXC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 3.57 vs RPXC: 0.95

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RPX'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.

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

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

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

RPX 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 RPX is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

RPX (NAS:RPXC) 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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RPX (RPXC) Business Description

Industry

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Address

Website

http://www.rpxcorp.com

RPX Corp is a U.S.-based company that offers patent aggregation solutions. The company acquires patents and licenses to patents that are already or can possibly be asserted against the company's existing and potential clients, and after that, the company licenses these patents to clients, in a bid to help clients reduce patent litigation risks, obtain cost-effective licenses, and control patent-risk management costs. The firm's revenue primarily stems from the subscription fees paid by clients under agreement, the premiums earned from insurance policies, and management fees. The company generates most of its revenue from the United States, Japan, and Korea.

Executives

Shelby W Bonnie	director	C/O CNET, 150 CHESTNUT ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Frank E Dangeard	director	THOMSON, 46 QUAI LE GALLO, BOULOGNE I0 92648
Sanford Robertson	director	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING C SUITE 410, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Magdalena Yesil	director	2306 MAR EAST STREET, TIBURON CA 94920
Andrew Africk	director
Gilbert Samuel Palter	director	37 MISTY CRESCENT TORONTO A6 MSB IT2
Thomas O Ryder	director	C/O READERS DIGEST ASSOCITATION INC, READERS DIGEST RD., PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570
Geoffrey T Barker	director, officer: Executive Director	1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Ned D. Segal	officer: Chief Financial Officer, SVP	1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Izhar Armony	director	ONE BROADWAY 15TH FLOOR CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
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Charles River Friends Xiii-a Lp	10 percent owner	ONE BROADWAY, 15TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Charles River Xiii Gp, Llc	10 percent owner	ONE BROADWAY, 15TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Kpcb Xiii Associates, Llc	10 percent owner	2750 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025