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SLLDY (Sanlam) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 6.45 (As of Apr. 26, 2025)


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

Sanlam's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 6.45.


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

SLLDY' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 5.25   Max: 8.26
Current: 6.45


During the past 13 years, Sanlam's highest Yield on Cost was 8.26. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 5.25.


SLLDY's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
75.61% of 410 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 4.415 vs SLLDY: 6.45

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sanlam'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.


Sanlam's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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


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Sanlam 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 Sanlam is calculated as

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

Sanlam  (OTCPK:SLLDY) 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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Sanlam Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Strand Road, Bellville, ZAF, 7530
Sanlam Ltd sells insurance products and provides investment and wealth management services. Its operating segments include Sanlam Life and Savings, further divided into SA Retail Affluent provides life insurance and investment solutions to the middle and upper level of the market, SA Retail Mass provides life insurance and investment solutions to the entry level market; and Sanlam Corporate provides employee benefits services, group risk and investment services to retirement funds and corporates; Sanlam Emerging Markets incorporates Sanlam's businesses outside of South Africa, except for Sanlam UK and the smaller businesses in Australia; Sanlam Investment Group incorporates investment and wealth management businesses; and Santam being Sanlam's general insurance provider in South Africa.