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Knowit AB (FRA:KOW) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.01 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Knowit AB 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Knowit AB's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.01.


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

FRA:KOW' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.17   Med: 3.5   Max: 6.67
Current: 4.01


During the past 13 years, Knowit AB's highest Yield on Cost was 6.67. The lowest was 1.17. And the median was 3.50.


FRA:KOW's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
67.27% of 938 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.25 vs FRA:KOW: 4.01

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

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Knowit AB'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.


Knowit AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Knowit AB 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 Knowit AB is calculated as

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

Knowit AB  (FRA:KOW) 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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Knowit AB (FRA:KOW) Business Description

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Address
Klarabergsgatan 60, Box 3383, Stockholm, SWE, 10368
Knowit is a Nordic consultancy, operating three divisions: IT and system development; Customer experience technology and communications; Management consultancy. The company has about 2200 employees in 20 locations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. Knowit provides services towards most industries, both public and private sector. Knowit AB (Publ) was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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