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Straits Trading Co (SGX:S20) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 7.73 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Straits Trading Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Straits Trading Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.73.


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

SGX:S20' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.53   Med: 3.43   Max: 8.11
Current: 7.73


During the past 13 years, Straits Trading Co's highest Yield on Cost was 8.11. The lowest was 1.53. And the median was 3.43.


SGX:S20's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
79.08% of 306 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 3.105 vs SGX:S20: 7.73

Competitive Comparison of Straits Trading Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Straits Trading Co'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.


Straits Trading Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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



Straits Trading Co 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 Straits Trading Co is calculated as

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

Straits Trading Co  (SGX:S20) 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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Straits Trading Co (SGX:S20) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Wallich Street, No. 15-01, Guoco Tower, Singapore, SGP, 078881
Straits Trading Co Ltd is an investment company. The company operates in four business segments, Resources segment involved in the smelting of tin concentrates and tin bearing materials, the production of various grades of refined tin metal and the sale and delivery of refined tin metal and by-products, as well as investments in other metals and mineral resources. The Real Estate segment comprises s property investment, sales and leasing, property development, as well as property and real estate fund management. Its Hospitality business includes hotel ownership and hotel management under Far East Hospitality Holdings Pte. Ltd. It derives maximum revenue from the Resources segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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