Kier Group (LSE:KIE) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.13 (As of May. 25, 2024)

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What is Kier Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Kier Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.13.

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

LSE:KIE' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13 Med: 4.8 Max: 72.8
Current: 1.13

During the past 13 years, Kier Group's highest Yield on Cost was 72.80. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 4.80.

LSE:KIE's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
80.7% of 969 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 3.23 vs LSE:KIE: 1.13

Competitive Comparison of Kier Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Kier 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.

Kier Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Kier Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Kier 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 Kier Group is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Kier Group (LSE:KIE) 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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Kier Group (LSE:KIE) Business Description

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KIEl:UK 10I:Germany

Address

Optimum House, 2nd Floor, Clippers Quay, Salford, GBR, M50 3XP

Website

http://www.kier.co.uk

Kier Group PLC is a construction, services, and property company that builds and maintains projects for various sectors. Its design and engineering capabilities meet the specifications for public and private customers. The construction segment works in both the public and private sectors through local bases and offers national coverage for its clients. The infrastructure services segment is focused on four main markets: highways, utilities, infrastructure, and rail. The property segment, which invests and develops schemes and sites across the United Kingdom and the last segment is corporate segment. Kier plans to divest from this segment to free up capital for the other segments. The U.K. accounts majority of its revenue, with the rest split among the Americas, Middle East, and Far East.