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United Motors Lanka (COL:UML.N0000) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.03 (As of Mar. 26, 2025)


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What is United Motors Lanka 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

United Motors Lanka's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.03.


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

COL:UML.N0000' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 3.24   Max: 7.88
Current: 1.03


During the past 13 years, United Motors Lanka's highest Yield on Cost was 7.88. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 3.24.


COL:UML.N0000's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
73.99% of 838 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.86 vs COL:UML.N0000: 1.03

Competitive Comparison of United Motors Lanka's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, United Motors Lanka'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.


United Motors Lanka's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, United Motors Lanka's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



United Motors Lanka 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 United Motors Lanka is calculated as

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

United Motors Lanka  (COL:UML.N0000) 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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United Motors Lanka Business Description

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Address
No. 100, Hyde Park Corner, P.O. Box 697, Colombo, LKA, 02
United Motors Lanka PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company engaged in the import and sale of various branded vehicles, spare parts, and lubricants, and the provision of after-sales services, and related services. The company is a distributor of brand new Mitsubishi and Fuso vehicles, genuine spares of brands, and provides after-sales service, Valvoline lubricants, pre-stone auto chemical products from USA, and Simoniz car care products from USA, form labs, Nasiol nano-coating products, and Ultimaker 3D printing equipment.

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