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Markel Group (FRA:MKV) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Markel Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Markel Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.


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



FRA:MKV's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 3.92
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Markel Group'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.


Markel Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Markel Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Markel Group 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 Markel Group is calculated as

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

Markel Group  (FRA:MKV) 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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Markel Group (FRA:MKV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, VA, USA, 23060-6148
Markel's primary business is property and casualty insurance, and the company focuses primarily on specialty lines, ranging from areas such as executive liability to commercial equine insurance. The acquisition of Alterra in 2013 added substantial reinsurance operations, which now account for a little less than 15% of premiums. The company uses capital generated by its insurance operations to buy noninsurance operations in diverse areas, such as bakery equipment manufacturing and residential homebuilding.