Ashland (FRA:AHT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.28 (As of May. 25, 2024)

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What is Ashland 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Ashland's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.28.

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

FRA:AHT' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.54 Med: 2.35 Max: 4.94
Current: 2.28

During the past 13 years, Ashland's highest Yield on Cost was 4.94. The lowest was 1.54. And the median was 2.35.

FRA:AHT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
50.71% of 1051 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.33 vs FRA:AHT: 2.28

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

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ashland'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.

Ashland's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ashland's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Ashland 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 Ashland is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Ashland (FRA:AHT) 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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8145 Blazer Drive, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19808

Website

http://www.ashland.com

Ashland Inc is a world-wide specialty materials company that serves a wide range of industrial markets. The company has a business-centric operating model and is organized into four distinct segments: life sciences, personal care, specialty additives, and intermediates. Key customers for the firm include pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of personal care products, food and beverages, and nutraceuticals and supplements. The life sciences segment derives maximum revenue. Ashland includes only U.S. and Canada in its North America designation and includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its Europe designation.