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US Solar Fund (LSE:USF) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 7.40 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is US Solar Fund 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

US Solar Fund's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 7.40.


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

LSE:USF' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37   Med: 5.68   Max: 12.87
Current: 7.4


During the past 5 years, US Solar Fund's highest Yield on Cost was 12.87. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 5.68.


LSE:USF's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
63.25% of 1181 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.74 vs LSE:USF: 7.40

Competitive Comparison of US Solar Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, US Solar Fund'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.


US Solar Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where US Solar Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



US Solar Fund 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 US Solar Fund is calculated as

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

US Solar Fund  (LSE:USF) 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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US Solar Fund Business Description

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Address
52 Lime Street, 18th Floor, The Scalpel, London, GBR, EC3M 7AF
US Solar Fund PLC is a closed-end investment trust company. It invests in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets located in North America and other countries forming part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Americas. Its investment objective is to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted and sustainable dividends, with an element of capital growth, by investing in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets. By investing in Solar Power Assets and selling the output from these assets to energy users, the company directly contributes to renewable energy infrastructure and renewable power generation.

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