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EGHSF (Enghouse Systems) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 7.34 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Enghouse Systems 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Enghouse Systems's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2024 was 7.34.


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

EGHSF' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.26   Med: 2.21   Max: 7.14
Current: 7.34


During the past 13 years, Enghouse Systems's highest Yield on Cost was 7.14. The lowest was 1.26. And the median was 2.21.


EGHSF's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
84.77% of 985 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs EGHSF: 7.34

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Enghouse Systems'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.


Enghouse Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Enghouse Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Enghouse Systems 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 Enghouse Systems is calculated as

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

Enghouse Systems  (OTCPK:EGHSF) 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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Enghouse Systems Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Tiverton Court, Suite 800, Markham, ON, CAN, L3R 0G4
Enghouse Systems Ltd is a Canada-based provider of software and services to a variety of end markets. The firm's operations are organized in two segments namely, the Interactive Management Group and the Asset Management Group. It earns majority of its revenue from Interactive Management Group. The firm has operations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, excluding Scandinavia, Germany, Asia-Pacific and other.