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Nestle (XSWX:NESN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.08 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Nestle 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Nestle's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.08.


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

XSWX:NESN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.6   Med: 3.49   Max: 4.16
Current: 4.08


During the past 13 years, Nestle's highest Yield on Cost was 4.16. The lowest was 2.60. And the median was 3.49.


XSWX:NESN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
67.12% of 1095 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs XSWX:NESN: 4.08

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

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Nestle'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.


Nestle's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Nestle's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nestle 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 Nestle is calculated as

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

Nestle  (XSWX:NESN) 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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Nestle (XSWX:NESN) Business Description

Address
Avenue Nestle 55, Vevey, CHE, CH-1800
With a 150-year-plus history, Nestle is the largest food and beverage manufacturer in the world by sales, generating more than CHF 90 billion in annual revenue. Its diverse product portfolio includes brands such as Nestle, Nescafe, Perrier, Pure Life, and Purina. Nestle also owns around 20% of French cosmetics firm L'Oreal. The company employs 275,000 people around the world and has a vast portfolio of global products, with more than 30 brands each achieving more than CHF 1 billion in sales annually and a geographic presence that spans almost 190 countries.

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