The historical rank and industry rank for Argo Group International Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
ARGO'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.35 Med: 2.05 Max: 8.46
Current: 1.35
During the past 13 years, Argo Group International Holdings's highest Yield on Cost was 8.46. The lowest was 1.35. And the median was 2.05.
ARGO's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 3.885
vs ARGO: 1.35
Competitive Comparison of Argo Group International Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Argo Group International Holdings'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.
Argo Group International Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Argo Group International Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Argo Group International Holdings's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Argo Group International Holdings 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.
Argo Group International Holdings (NYSE:ARGO) 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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Argo Group International Holdings (Argo Group International Holdings) Business Description
Argo Group International Holdings Inc formerly Argo Group International Holdings Ltd is a property and casualty insurance company. It has two reportable segments which are U.S. Operations and International Operations. The U.S. Operations segment is comprised of two primary operating divisions, Excess and Surplus Lines and Specialty Admitted, while International Operations' primary operating divisions are Syndicate 1200, Reinsurance, and Argo Insurance Bermuda. The vast majority of revenue generation occurs within the excess and surplus lines segment, which underwrites casualty, property, and professional liability coverage for various clients. Argo generates the majority of its revenue in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom and Bermuda.
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