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PTBS (Potomac Bancshares) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.20 (As of Apr. 24, 2025)


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What is Potomac Bancshares 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Potomac Bancshares's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 5.20.


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

PTBS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.47   Med: 3.67   Max: 5.21
Current: 5.2


During the past 13 years, Potomac Bancshares's highest Yield on Cost was 5.21. The lowest was 2.47. And the median was 3.67.


PTBS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
55% of 1269 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 4.89 vs PTBS: 5.20

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

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Potomac Bancshares'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.


Potomac Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Potomac Bancshares's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Potomac Bancshares 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 Potomac Bancshares is calculated as

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

Potomac Bancshares  (OTCPK:PTBS) 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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Potomac Bancshares Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
111 East Washington Street, P.O. Box 906, Charles Town, WV, USA, 25414-0906
Potomac Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company. The bank engages in the general banking business and provides individuals, businesses, and local governments with a range of banking services. The services provided by the bank include commercial credit lines, equipment loans, and construction financing; real estate loans, secondary market, and adjustable-rate mortgages; retail loan products including home equity lines of credit; checking and savings accounts for businesses and individuals; and certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts.