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VWAPY (Volkswagen AG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 20.66 (As of Apr. 02, 2025)


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What is Volkswagen AG 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Volkswagen AG's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 20.66.


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

VWAPY' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 6.41   Max: 23.97
Current: 20.66


During the past 13 years, Volkswagen AG's highest Yield on Cost was 23.97. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 6.41.


VWAPY's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
97.14% of 840 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 3.015 vs VWAPY: 20.66

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

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Volkswagen AG'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.


Volkswagen AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Volkswagen AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Volkswagen AG 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 Volkswagen AG is calculated as

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

Volkswagen AG  (OTCPK:VWAPY) 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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Volkswagen AG Business Description

Address
Berliner Ring 2, Wolfsburg, NI, DEU, 38440
Volkswagen is the second-largest automotive original equipment manufacturer by vehicle sales globally, selling 9.4 million vehicles in 2023. 80% of group revenue is generated by its four vehicle segments-core (Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda, and VW commercial), progressive (Audi, Lamborghini, and Bentley), sports luxury (Porsche), and Traton commercial vehicles (Traton, Scania, Navistar, MAN, and VW truck and bus). It also has a vehicle software business (Cariad), batteries, and power engineering production and financial services.