Alcoa (AAPRB.PFD) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.46 (As of May. 05, 2024)

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What is Alcoa 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Alcoa's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 5.46.

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

AAPRB.PFD' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19 Med: 0.57 Max: 5.46
Current: 5.46

During the past 13 years, Alcoa's highest Yield on Cost was 5.46. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.57.

AAPRB.PFD's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 3.395 vs AAPRB.PFD: 5.46

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

For the Aluminum subindustry, Alcoa'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.

Alcoa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Alcoa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Alcoa 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 Alcoa is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Alcoa (NYSE:AAPRB.PFD) 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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https://www.arconic.com

Arconic Inc, formerly known as Alcoa Inc was first incorporated as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company on October 1, 1888. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and engineering lightweight metals. Its products include aluminum, titanium, and nickel, used in aerospace, automotive, commercial transportation, packaging, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. The Company is also engaged in the production and management of aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active participation in all aspects of the industry: technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. It has investments and operating activities in, among others, Australia, Brazil, China, Guinea, Iceland, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The Company operates in segments including Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions. The Company's Global Rolled Products segment represents its midstream operations. The Engineered Products and Solutions segment represents a portion of the Company's downstream operations. Its downstream portfolio includes two segments Engineered Products and Solutions and Transportation and Construction Solutions. The Engineered Products and Solutions consist of Alcoa Titanium & Engineered Products; Alcoa Fastening Systems & Rings; Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions; and Alcoa Power and Propulsion. The Company's Transportation and Construction Solutions segment represents a portion of its downstream operations. The raw materials used includes bauxite, alloying materials, caustic soda, alumina, electricity, aluminum fluoride, fuel oil, calcined petroleum coke, lime (CaO), cathode blocks, natural gas, electricity, liquid pitch, natural gas, titanium alloys, titanium sponge and resin. The Company's trademark products include Howmet metal castings, Huck fasteners, Kawneer building panels and Dura-Bright wheels with easy-clean surface treatments.