The historical rank and industry rank for Tekla World Healthcare Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
THW'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.08 Med: 10.06 Max: 14.64
Current: 10.83
During the past 7 years, Tekla World Healthcare Fund's highest Yield on Cost was 14.64. The lowest was 8.08. And the median was 10.06.
THW's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than 81.3% of 1214
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.935
vs THW: 10.83
Competitive Comparison of Tekla World Healthcare Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Asset Management subindustry, Tekla World Healthcare Fund'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.
Tekla World Healthcare Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Tekla World Healthcare Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Tekla World Healthcare Fund's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Tekla World Healthcare Fund 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.
Tekla World Healthcare Fund (NYSE:THW) 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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Tekla World Healthcare Fund (Tekla World Healthcare Fund) Business Description
Tekla World Healthcare Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek current income and long-term capital appreciation through investments in U.S. and non-U.S. companies engaged in the healthcare industry. The company's investment portfolio comprises investments in different sub-sectors such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, healthcare providers and services, real estate investment trusts, medical devices and diagnostics, and other areas.
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