Greencoat UK Wind (LSE:UKW) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 8.61 (As of May. 15, 2024)

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What is Greencoat UK Wind 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Greencoat UK Wind's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.61.

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

LSE:UKW' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.36 Med: 6.49 Max: 9.56
Current: 8.61

During the past 11 years, Greencoat UK Wind's highest Yield on Cost was 9.56. The lowest was 5.36. And the median was 6.49.

LSE:UKW's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
70.02% of 1214 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 5.92 vs LSE:UKW: 8.61

Competitive Comparison of Greencoat UK Wind's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Greencoat UK Wind'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.

Greencoat UK Wind's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Greencoat UK Wind's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Greencoat UK Wind 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 Greencoat UK Wind is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Greencoat UK Wind (LSE:UKW) 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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Website

https://www.greencoat-ukwind.com

Greencoat UK Wind PLC is a renewable infrastructure fund, solely and fully invested in operating UK wind farms. The company aims to provide investors with an annual dividend that increases in line with RPI inflation. It also tries to preserve the capital value of its investment portfolio in the long-term on a real basis through reinvestment of excess cash flow and the prudent use of portfolio leverage. The company invests in both onshore and offshore wind farms. All of the group's income is generated within the UK.