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BlackRock Smaller Trust (LSE:BRSC) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 3.98 (As of Jun. 13, 2024)


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What is BlackRock Smaller Trust 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

BlackRock Smaller Trust's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2023 was 3.98.


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

LSE:BRSC' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 2.36   Max: 4.59
Current: 3.98


During the past 13 years, BlackRock Smaller Trust's highest Yield on Cost was 4.59. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 2.36.


LSE:BRSC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
65.16% of 1214 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.86 vs LSE:BRSC: 3.98

Competitive Comparison of BlackRock Smaller Trust's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, BlackRock Smaller Trust'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.


BlackRock Smaller Trust's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, BlackRock Smaller Trust's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



BlackRock Smaller Trust 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 BlackRock Smaller Trust is calculated as

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

BlackRock Smaller Trust  (LSE:BRSC) 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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BlackRock Smaller Trust (LSE:BRSC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
12 Throgmorton Avenue, Exchange Place One, London, GBR, EC2N 2DL
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK-based investment trust company. Its investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth for shareholders through investment mainly in smaller UK quoted companies. The company mainly attracts long-term private and institutional investors wanting to benefit from the growth prospects of smaller companies. It focuses on investing UK smaller companies which are listed on the London Stock Exchange or on the Alternative Investment Market. The firm has adopted a consistent investment process, focusing on good quality growth companies that are trading well and it also considers sector weightings and underlying themes and method of stock selection.

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