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WEC Energy Group (FRA:WIC) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 5.41 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is WEC Energy Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

WEC Energy Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.41.


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

FRA:WIC' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 4.33   Max: 5.69
Current: 5.41


During the past 13 years, WEC Energy Group's highest Yield on Cost was 5.69. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 4.33.


FRA:WIC's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
59.15% of 426 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.62 vs FRA:WIC: 5.41

Competitive Comparison of WEC Energy Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, WEC Energy Group'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.


WEC Energy Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, WEC Energy Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



WEC Energy Group 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 WEC Energy Group is calculated as

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

WEC Energy Group  (FRA:WIC) 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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WEC Energy Group (FRA:WIC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
231 West Michigan Street, P.O. Box 1331, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53201
WEC Energy Group's electric and gas utility businesses serve electric and gas customers in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin service territories. The company also owns a 60% stake in American Transmission Co. WEC's asset mix is approximately 49% electric generation and distribution, 36% gas distribution, 10% electric transmission, and 5% unregulated renewable energy.

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