Equifax (FRA:EFX) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.69 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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

Equifax's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.69.

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

FRA:EFX' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53 Med: 1.05 Max: 1.71
Current: 0.69

During the past 13 years, Equifax's highest Yield on Cost was 1.71. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 1.05.

FRA:EFX's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
91.31% of 587 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.55 vs FRA:EFX: 0.69

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Equifax'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.

Equifax's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Equifax's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Equifax 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 Equifax is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Equifax (FRA:EFX) 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.

Equifax 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms

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Address

1550 Peachtree Street N.W., Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309

Website

https://www.equifax.com

Along with Experian and TransUnion, Equifax is one of the leading credit bureaus in the United States. Equifax's credit reports provide credit histories on millions of consumers, and the firm's services are critical to lenders' credit decisions. In addition, about a third of the firm's revenue comes from workforce solutions, which provides income verification and employer human resources services. Equifax generates over 20% of its revenue from outside the United States.