BKW AG (XSWX:BKW) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.01 (As of May. 05, 2024)

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

BKW AG's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.01.

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

XSWX:BKW' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.57 Med: 4.23 Max: 7.22
Current: 4.01

During the past 13 years, BKW AG's highest Yield on Cost was 7.22. The lowest was 2.57. And the median was 4.23.

XSWX:BKW's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
50.43% of 234 companies
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry
Industry Median: 3.9 vs XSWX:BKW: 4.01

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

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, BKW 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.

BKW AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, BKW AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

BKW 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 BKW AG is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

BKW AG (XSWX:BKW) 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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BKWz:UK

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Viktoriaplatz 2, Bern, CHE, CH-3013

Website

https://www.bkw.ch

BKW AG is an electric utility company in which the Swiss state of Bern holds a majority stake. The company segments its operations into energy, grid, and services businesses. The energy division builds, operates, and maintains the company's European power plants. While BKW controls a portfolio of wind, hydroelectric, gas, coal, and nuclear facilities, its wind power sites are responsible for most of its total energy generation. The majority of BKW's revenue comes from its energy division in the form of electricity sales to the broader European market and other power plants. The company's networks division, which builds and operates electrical distribution grids for customers outside of its primary markets of Switzerland and Italy, also represents a substantial revenue stream.

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