Reckitt Benckiser Group (LSE:RKT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.76 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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What is Reckitt Benckiser Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Reckitt Benckiser Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.76.

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

LSE:RKT' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.83 Med: 2.91 Max: 4.86
Current: 4.76

During the past 13 years, Reckitt Benckiser Group's highest Yield on Cost was 4.86. The lowest was 1.83. And the median was 2.91.

LSE:RKT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
75.64% of 1096 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs LSE:RKT: 4.76

Competitive Comparison of Reckitt Benckiser Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Reckitt Benckiser Group'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.

Reckitt Benckiser Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Reckitt Benckiser Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Reckitt Benckiser Group 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 Reckitt Benckiser Group is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Reckitt Benckiser Group (LSE:RKT) 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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Reckitt Benckiser Group (LSE:RKT) Business Description

Industry

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Address

103-105 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, GBR, SL1 3UH

Website

https://www.reckitt.com

Reckitt Benckiser was formed in 1999 through the merger of the British firm Reckitt & Colman and Dutch-based Benckiser. Recently rebranded under the corporate name Reckitt, it sells a portfolio that includes a variety of household and consumer health brands, such as Lysol, Finish, Durex, and Mucinex, many of which hold the number-one or -two positions in their categories globally. Reckitt has repositioned its portfolio and has entered the infant formula market through the acquisition of Mead Johnson in 2017, expanded its consumer health presence by acquiring Schiff Nutrition, K-Y, and Biofreeze, and has exited the food industry. The firm operates in 60 countries and sells products in more than 200, generating around 35% of sales from emerging markets.