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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) (CHIX:SSTL) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 23, 2025)


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What is Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 0.00.


The historical rank and industry rank for Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:


During the past 13 years, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s highest Yield on Cost was 1.95. The lowest was 0.99. And the median was 1.30.


CHIX:SSTl's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 6.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'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.


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.


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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) 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 Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) is calculated as

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

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)  (CHIX:SSTl) 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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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
28 Walker Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7HR
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (The) PLC is a investment trusts in the Asian equity category with a specialist focus on smaller companies. The objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital growth by carefully selecting quality companies with franchises at reasonable valuations.

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