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Alpha Systems (FRA:AN5) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 6.81 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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

Alpha Systems's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 6.81.


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

FRA:AN5' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.34   Med: 4.43   Max: 8.9
Current: 6.81


During the past 13 years, Alpha Systems's highest Yield on Cost was 8.90. The lowest was 2.34. And the median was 4.43.


FRA:AN5's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
82.59% of 1028 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.18 vs FRA:AN5: 6.81

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Alpha 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.


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

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

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


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Alpha 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 Alpha Systems is calculated as

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

Alpha Systems  (FRA:AN5) 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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Alpha Systems Business Description

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Address
12th Floor, 2-17-5 Shibuya, Shionogi Shibuya Building, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 150-0002
Alpha Systems Inc engages in software development for telecommunications systems. The company develops software for backbone communication systems, such as node systems, mobile network systems, and network management systems; open systems, including systems for management of production and distribution, and Intranets for corporate information management; and embedded systems to control electronic devices, including home appliances, office automation equipment, industrial machines, and in-vehicle systems. It also provides system integration, system operation and maintenance, and product sales services.

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