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Portland General Electric Co (FRA:49P) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.65 (As of Mar. 05, 2025)


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What is Portland General Electric Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Portland General Electric Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 5.65.


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

FRA:49P' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.18   Med: 4.25   Max: 6.36
Current: 5.65


During the past 13 years, Portland General Electric Co's highest Yield on Cost was 6.36. The lowest was 3.18. And the median was 4.25.


FRA:49P's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
69.28% of 433 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.23 vs FRA:49P: 5.65

Competitive Comparison of Portland General Electric Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Portland General Electric Co'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.


Portland General Electric Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Portland General Electric Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Portland General Electric Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Portland General Electric Co 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 Portland General Electric Co is calculated as

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

Portland General Electric Co  (FRA:49P) 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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Portland General Electric Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
121 South West Salmon Street, Portland, OR, USA, 97204
Portland General Electric is a regulated electric utility providing generation, transmission, and distribution services in a service territory that includes about half of all Oregon residents and two thirds of the state's business activity. The company owns (wholly or through joint ventures) 3.5 gigawatts of gas, coal, wind, and hydro generation.

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