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Eisai Co (TSE:4523) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.83 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Eisai Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Eisai Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.83.


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

TSE:4523' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.43   Med: 2.4   Max: 4.36
Current: 2.83


During the past 13 years, Eisai Co's highest Yield on Cost was 4.36. The lowest was 1.43. And the median was 2.40.


TSE:4523's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
59.52% of 499 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs TSE:4523: 2.83

Competitive Comparison of Eisai Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Eisai Co'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.


Eisai Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Eisai Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Eisai Co 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 Eisai Co is calculated as

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

Eisai Co  (TSE:4523) 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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Eisai Co (TSE:4523) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4-6-10 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 112-8088
Eisai Co Ltd is a specialty and generic drug manufacturing company. The company's business consists of a pharmaceutical business and other businesses. The pharmaceutical business is categorized by region, including Japan, Americas, China, Asia, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Eisai also reports a consumer healthcare business for Japan. The vast majority of the company's revenue is derived by its Japanese pharmaceutical business, followed by its Americas pharmaceuticals segment. The company utilizes licensing strategies in order to expand its research, development, manufacturing, and marketing capabilities.

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