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Hexagon AB (Hexagon AB) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.01 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Hexagon AB 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Hexagon AB's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.01.


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

HXGBY' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11   Med: 1.92   Max: 2.82
Current: 2.01


During the past 13 years, Hexagon AB's highest Yield on Cost was 2.82. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 1.92.


HXGBY's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
62.19% of 1354 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.805 vs HXGBY: 2.01

Competitive Comparison of Hexagon AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Hexagon AB'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.


Hexagon AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Hexagon AB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hexagon AB 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 Hexagon AB is calculated as

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

Hexagon AB  (OTCPK:HXGBY) 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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Hexagon AB (Hexagon AB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Lilla Bantorget 15, Stockholm, SWE, SE-111 23
Hexagon AB provides information technology for industrial applications. It offers solutions in two segments: geospatial enterprise solutions and industrial enterprise solutions. Each segment contributes roughly half of the firm's overall revenue. Hexagon's geospatial solutions are used for infrastructure, mining, agriculture, and public safety. The industrial enterprise solutions are used to measure and inspect the quality of complex parts used in manufacturing processes. Hexagon's largest geographic markets are Americas and EMEA, with each market contributing more than a fourth of the firm's overall revenue.