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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 12.79 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is RWS Holdings 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

RWS Holdings's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 12.79.


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

LSE:RWS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 3.25   Max: 13.13
Current: 12.79


During the past 13 years, RWS Holdings's highest Yield on Cost was 13.13. The lowest was 1.80. And the median was 3.25.


LSE:RWS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
94.38% of 587 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.57 vs LSE:RWS: 12.79

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RWS Holdings'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.


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

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

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



RWS Holdings 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 RWS Holdings is calculated as

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

RWS Holdings  (LSE:RWS) 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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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Europa House, Chiltern Park, Chiltern Hill, Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, GBR, SL9 9FG
RWS Holdings PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides patent translation, intellectual property, and language support services. The company operates in four reportable segments; Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language, and Content Technology. The majority of revenue is derived from the Language services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States of America, while it also operates in Continental Europe, United States of America and Rest of the world.

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