Olin (STU:OLN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.49 (As of May. 25, 2024)

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

Olin's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.49.

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

STU:OLN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2 Med: 2.88 Max: 8.17
Current: 1.49

During the past 13 years, Olin's highest Yield on Cost was 8.17. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 2.88.

STU:OLN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
63.37% of 1051 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.33 vs STU:OLN: 1.49

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

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Olin'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.

Olin's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Olin's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Olin 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 Olin is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Olin (STU:OLN) 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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Olin (STU:OLN) Business Description

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Address

190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1530, Clayton, MO, USA, 63105

Website

https://www.olin.com

Olin Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into three segments based on the product type. The Chlor alkali products and Vinyls segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells chlorine and caustic soda, which are used in a variety of industries including cosmetics, textiles, crop protection, and fire protection products. The Epoxy segment sells epoxy resins used in paints and coatings. The Winchester segment sells sporting ammunition and ammunition accessories under the Winchester brand. The majority of revenue comes from the United States.