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West Coast Paper Mills (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.68 (As of Jun. 11, 2024)


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What is West Coast Paper Mills 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

West Coast Paper Mills's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.68.


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

NSE:WSTCSTPAPR' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 1.38   Max: 8.05
Current: 1.68


During the past 13 years, West Coast Paper Mills's highest Yield on Cost was 8.05. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 1.38.


NSE:WSTCSTPAPR's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
64.07% of 167 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 2.46 vs NSE:WSTCSTPAPR: 1.68

Competitive Comparison of West Coast Paper Mills's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, West Coast Paper Mills'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.


West Coast Paper Mills's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, West Coast Paper Mills's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where West Coast Paper Mills's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



West Coast Paper Mills 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 West Coast Paper Mills is calculated as

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

West Coast Paper Mills  (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) 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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West Coast Paper Mills (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
31, Chowringhee Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, (Park Street crossing), Kolkata, WB, IND, 700 016
West Coast Paper Mills Ltd is engaged in the production of paper and related products. The company's operating segment includes Paper, Cables, and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Paper segment. The company's product portfolio includes Printing and Writing Paper, MG Variety, Premium Printing Paper, Security and Hi-Value Grade Papers, Business Stationery, Cup Stock and Coated Duplex Boards. Geographically all the operations have functioned through the Indian market.

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