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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Allocate Software 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Allocate Software's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was 0.00.


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


During the past 13 years, Allocate Software's highest Yield on Cost was 1.79. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 1.12.


LSE:ALLA's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.32
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, Allocate Software'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.


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

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

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



Allocate Software 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 Allocate Software is calculated as

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

Allocate Software  (LSE:ALLA) 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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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Business Description

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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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