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Planet Payment (LSE:PPT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 20, 2024)


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What is Planet Payment 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Planet Payment's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.00.


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



LSE:PPT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.235
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Planet Payment's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Planet Payment'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.


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

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

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



Planet Payment 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 Planet Payment is calculated as

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

Planet Payment  (LSE:PPT) 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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Planet Payment (LSE:PPT) Business Description

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Planet Payment Inc is a provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services. It organizes its business operations through two segments: Multi Currency Processing Services and Payment Processing Services. Its service portfolio consists of payment processing, multi-currency processing, gateway, data analytics, and commercial transaction services. The company provides its services across the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. It generates the majority of its revenue from Multi Currency Processing Services segment.