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Randgold Resources (Randgold Resources) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 15.47 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Randgold Resources 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Randgold Resources's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 15.47.


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

RGORF' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.43   Med: 1.97   Max: 15.47
Current: 15.47


During the past 13 years, Randgold Resources's highest Yield on Cost was 15.47. The lowest was 0.43. And the median was 1.97.


RGORF's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 3.395 vs RGORF: 15.47

Competitive Comparison of Randgold Resources's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Gold subindustry, Randgold Resources'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.


Randgold Resources's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Randgold Resources's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Randgold Resources 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 Randgold Resources is calculated as

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

Randgold Resources  (OTCPK:RGORF) 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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Randgold Resources (Randgold Resources) Business Description

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Randgold Resources is an Africa-based gold mining and exploration company with mines at Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The mines include Morila, Loulo, Gounkoto, Tongon and Kibali. The company also operates a project at Massawa in Senegal and a portfolio of exploration projects in the gold belts of West and Central Africa, including Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Randgold Resources operates both open pit and underground mines and the majority of group revenue is generated from gold sales in Mali.