GFI Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.74.
The historical rank and industry rank for GFI Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:GDH1'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39 Med: 2.45 Max: 6.32
Current: 0.74
During the past 13 years, GFI Group's highest Yield on Cost was 6.32. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 2.45.
FRA:GDH1's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 3.035
vs FRA:GDH1: 0.74
Competitive Comparison of GFI Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Capital Markets subindustry, GFI Group'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.
GFI Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry
For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, GFI Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where GFI Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
GFI Group 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 GFI Group is calculated as
GFI Group (FRA:GDH1) 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.
GFI Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms
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GFI Group Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2001. The Company provides wholesale brokerage services, clearing services and electronic execution and trading support products for financial markets. It provide brokerage and trade execution services, clearing services, market data and trading platform and other software products to institutional customers in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments. The Company provides execution services for its institutional wholesale customers by either matching their trading needs with counterparties having reciprocal interests or directing their orders to an exchange or other trading venue. The Company offers its customers a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the nature of the products and the specific needs of its customers. The Company operates in five business segments: Americas Brokerage; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Brokerage; Asia Brokerage, Clearing and Backed Trading and All Other. Its brokerage operations provide brokerage services in four product categories: fixed income, financial, equity and commodity. It's Clearing and Backed Trading segment encompasses its clearing, risk management, settlement and other back-office services, as well as the capital the Company provide to start-up trading groups, small hedge funds, market-makers and individual traders. The All Other segment captures revenues and costs that are not directly assignable to the brokerage or clearing and backed trading operating business segments, consisting of Company's corporate business activities and operations and commercial revenues from sales and licensing of trading systems software, analytic and market data. The Company offers products and services including Fixed Income Products, Financial Products, Equity Products, Commodity Products, Clearing and Settlement Services, and Software, Analytic and Market Data. The Company's competitors include ICAP Plc, Tullett Prebon Plc, CME, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Eurex and Euronext. The Company's businesses are subject to extensive regulation by government and self-regulatory organizations both in the United States and abroad.
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