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InterDigital (FRA:IDI) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.43 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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

InterDigital's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.43.


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

FRA:IDI' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.82   Med: 1.53   Max: 4.81
Current: 1.43


During the past 13 years, InterDigital's highest Yield on Cost was 4.81. The lowest was 0.82. And the median was 1.53.


FRA:IDI's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
63.11% of 938 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.25 vs FRA:IDI: 1.43

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, InterDigital'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.


InterDigital's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, InterDigital's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



InterDigital 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 InterDigital is calculated as

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

InterDigital  (FRA:IDI) 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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InterDigital (FRA:IDI) Business Description

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Address
200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, Wilmington, DE, USA, 19809-3727
InterDigital Inc is a research and development company focused on wireless, visual, and related technologies. It designs and develops technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. The majority of revenue is generated from fixed-fee patent license agreements, with a smaller portion coming from variable royalty agreements. Geographically it operates in the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe, Out of which the majority is from the United States.

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