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White Mountains Insurance Group (BDA:WTM.BH) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is White Mountains Insurance Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

White Mountains Insurance Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.


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


During the past 13 years, White Mountains Insurance Group's highest Yield on Cost was 0.18. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.11.


BDA:WTM.BH's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 3.88
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of White Mountains Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, White Mountains Insurance Group'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.


White Mountains Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, White Mountains Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where White Mountains Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



White Mountains Insurance Group 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 White Mountains Insurance Group is calculated as

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

White Mountains Insurance Group  (BDA:WTM.BH) 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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White Mountains Insurance Group (BDA:WTM.BH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
23 South Main Street, Suite 3B, Hanover, NH, USA, 03755-2053
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd is engaged in the business of making opportunistic and value-oriented acquisitions of businesses and assets in the insurance, financial services and related sectors, operating these businesses and assets through its subsidiaries and, if and when attractive exit valuations become available, disposing of these businesses and assets. The company conducts its business in four areas: municipal bond insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, capital solutions for asset and wealth management firms and other operations. White Mountains's municipal bond insurance business is conducted through its subsidiary HG Global Ltd. and its reinsurance subsidiary HG Re Ltd.

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