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Smith & Wesson Brands (FRA:SWS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.79 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Smith & Wesson Brands 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Smith & Wesson Brands's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 2.79.


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

FRA:SWS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 2.42   Max: 4.2
Current: 2.79


During the past 13 years, Smith & Wesson Brands's highest Yield on Cost was 4.20. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 2.42.


FRA:SWS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
73.19% of 138 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 1.215 vs FRA:SWS: 2.79

Competitive Comparison of Smith & Wesson Brands's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Smith & Wesson Brands'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.


Smith & Wesson Brands's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Smith & Wesson Brands's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smith & Wesson Brands 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 Smith & Wesson Brands is calculated as

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

Smith & Wesson Brands  (FRA:SWS) 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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Smith & Wesson Brands (FRA:SWS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2100 Roosevelt Avenue, Springfield, MA, USA, 01104
Smith & Wesson Brands Inc is a U.S.-based leader in firearm manufacturing. It operates under one reportable segment: Firearms, which includes firearms distribution and manufacturing services. The company manufactures handguns, long guns, sporting rifles, shooting gear, and suppressor products. The firm's brand portfolio consists of Smith and Wesson, M&P, Thompson/Center Arms, Performance Center, and Gemtech; which are used for defense, law enforcement, hunting, and sporting purposes. The company operates internationally, with the majority of income generated by the U.S. market from its handgun products.

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