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Sonova Holding AG (XSWX:SOON) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 1.77 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Sonova Holding AG 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Sonova Holding AG's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.77.


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

XSWX:SOON' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.83   Med: 1.33   Max: 2.1
Current: 1.77


During the past 13 years, Sonova Holding AG's highest Yield on Cost was 2.10. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 1.33.


XSWX:SOON's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
60.84% of 309 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs XSWX:SOON: 1.77

Competitive Comparison of Sonova Holding AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Sonova Holding AG'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.


Sonova Holding AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Sonova Holding AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sonova Holding AG 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 Sonova Holding AG is calculated as

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

Sonova Holding AG  (XSWX:SOON) 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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Sonova Holding AG (XSWX:SOON) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Laubisrutistrasse 28, Stafa, CHE, CH-8712
Sonova is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of hearing aids. The company is based in Switzerland and distributes its products in more than 100 countries through its internal sales team and independent retailers. It also sells cochlear implants through its advanced bionics subsidiary and recently acquired Sennheiser's consumer division to expand into audio technologies.

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