Medtronic's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was 3.98.
The historical rank and industry rank for Medtronic's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
MDT'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.23 Med: 2.98 Max: 4.2
Current: 3.98
During the past 13 years, Medtronic's highest Yield on Cost was 4.20. The lowest was 2.23. And the median was 2.98.
MDT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than 78.72% of 296
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.53
vs MDT: 3.98
Competitive Comparison
For the Medical Devices subindustry, Medtronic'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.
Medtronic 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Medtronic's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Medtronic's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Medtronic 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 Medtronic is calculated as
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.
Medtronic 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms
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One of the largest medical device companies, Medtronic develops and manufactures therapeutic medical devices for chronic diseases. Its portfolio includes pacemakers, defibrillators, heart valves, stents, insulin pumps, spinal fixation devices, neurovascular products, advanced energy, and surgical tools. The company markets its products to healthcare institutions and physicians in the United States and overseas. Foreign sales account for almost 50% of the company's total sales.
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