Gladstone Investment (Gladstone Investment) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 7.98 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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What is Gladstone Investment 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Gladstone Investment's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.98.

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

GAINO.PFD' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.91 Med: 9.05 Max: 13.75
Current: 7.98

During the past 13 years, Gladstone Investment's highest Yield on Cost was 13.75. The lowest was 5.91. And the median was 9.05.

GAINO.PFD's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
64.83% of 1214 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.985 vs GAINO.PFD: 7.98

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

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gladstone Investment'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.

Gladstone Investment's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gladstone Investment's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Gladstone Investment 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 Gladstone Investment is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Gladstone Investment (NAS:GAINO.PFD) 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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GAIN:USA 1G3:Germany

Address

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102

Website

https://www.gladstoneinvestment.com

Gladstone Investment Corp is a business development company. The company's investment objective is to invest achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established businesses that will provide stable earnings and cash flow, and provide its stockholders with long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities. The company's investment sectors include Business service/distribution, Consumer products, and manufacturing. Its portfolio consists of the following industries Conglomerate Services, Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares, Durable Consumer Products, Leisure, Motion Pictures, Entertainment, Conglomerate Manufacturing, Chemicals, Telecommunications, Aerospace and Defense, and others. Its investment activities are carried across the United States.