A.O. Smith (STU:3SM) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.27 (As of May. 14, 2024)

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What is A.O. Smith 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

A.O. Smith's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.27.

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

STU:3SM' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.27 Med: 1.99 Max: 4.06
Current: 2.27

During the past 13 years, A.O. Smith's highest Yield on Cost was 4.06. The lowest was 1.27. And the median was 1.99.

STU:3SM's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
54.56% of 1855 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 2.01 vs STU:3SM: 2.27

Competitive Comparison of A.O. Smith's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, A.O. Smith'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.

A.O. Smith's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, A.O. Smith's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

A.O. Smith 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 A.O. Smith is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

A.O. Smith (STU:3SM) 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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A.O. Smith (STU:3SM) Business Description

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AOS:USA 3SM:Germany

Address

11270 West Park Place, P. O. Box 245008, Suite 170, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53224-9508

Website

https://www.aosmith.com

A.O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets comprehensive lines of residential and commercial gas, gas tankless, and electric water heaters. Supplementary products include water heating equipment, condensing and noncondensing boilers, and water system tanks. The company's two operating segments are by geographic region: North America (majority of total revenue) and the Rest of the World. A material portion of sales in North America derive from replacing existing products, and the company utilizes a wholesale distribution channel and multiple selling locations. The Rest of the World segment sells majorly in Asian countries and operates sales offices to expand distribution and market its product portfolio.

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