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Mercator (NSE:MERCATOR) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is Mercator 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Mercator's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.


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


During the past 13 years, Mercator's highest Yield on Cost was 1.16. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.29.


NSE:MERCATOR's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Other Energy Sources industry.
Industry Median: 8.63
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Mercator'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.


Mercator's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Mercator's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mercator 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 Mercator is calculated as

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

Mercator  (NSE:MERCATOR) 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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Mercator (NSE:MERCATOR) Business Description

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Nariman Point, 83-87, 8th Floor, B-Wing, Mittal Tower, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 021
Mercator Ltd is an Indian company engaged in diversified business with interests in coal, oil & gas, shipping and dredging. The company operates a variety of shipping fleets including crude carriers, gas carriers, petroleum product carriers, and bulk carriers. It operates in single primary business segment of Water transport.

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