WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.45 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is WH Smith 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

WH Smith's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.45.

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

LSE:SMWH' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16 Med: 2.4 Max: 6.67
Current: 2.45

During the past 13 years, WH Smith's highest Yield on Cost was 6.67. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 2.40.

LSE:SMWH's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
60.71% of 560 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 3.165 vs LSE:SMWH: 2.45

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

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith'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.

WH Smith's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WH Smith's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

WH Smith 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 WH Smith is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) 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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WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) Business Description

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Address

Greenbridge Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN3 3RX

Website

https://www.whsmithplc.co.uk

WH Smith PLC is a U.K. retailer selling a wide range of products. Its two core business segments are travel and high street. WHSmith's travel stores offer products such as food, drink, publications, books, and tech accessories and other products to travelers. This segment operates predominantly in airports, railway stations, hospitals, and workplaces across Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India. The high street segment operates stores in the United Kingdom, predominantly on the U.K. high street. The high street segment sells products into the following categories: stationery, books, newspapers, magazines, and confectionery. WH Smith also has an online retail business that sells a range of books, stationery, magazines, and gifts through its websites.

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