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RaySearch Laboratories AB (OSTO:RAY B) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.50 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is RaySearch Laboratories AB 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

RaySearch Laboratories AB's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.50.


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

OSTO:RAY B' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.13   Max: 0.52
Current: 0.5


During the past 13 years, RaySearch Laboratories AB's highest Yield on Cost was 0.52. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.13.


OSTO:RAY B's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
88.52% of 270 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.555 vs OSTO:RAY B: 0.50

Competitive Comparison of RaySearch Laboratories AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Health Information Services subindustry, RaySearch Laboratories AB'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.


RaySearch Laboratories AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, RaySearch Laboratories AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



RaySearch Laboratories AB 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 RaySearch Laboratories AB is calculated as

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

RaySearch Laboratories AB  (OSTO:RAY B) 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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RaySearch Laboratories AB (OSTO:RAY B) Business Description

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Address
Sveavagen 44, P.O. Box 3297, Stockholm, SWE, 103 65
RaySearch Laboratories AB is a Sweden-based medical technology company. The company develops advanced software solutions for improved cancer treatment. The company develops and markets the RayStation* treatment planning system and RayCare* oncology information system to clinics all over the world and distributes products through licensing agreements with medical technology companies. Its geographic segments consist of Sweden, North America, Asia, Europe and the rest of the world. The company generates majority of its sales from the North America.

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