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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 10.62 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Selective Insurance Group 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Selective Insurance Group's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 10.62.


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

SIGIP.PFD' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.63   Med: 2.19   Max: 10.62
Current: 10.62


During the past 13 years, Selective Insurance Group's highest Yield on Cost was 10.62. The lowest was 1.63. And the median was 2.19.


SIGIP.PFD's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
74.24% of 396 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 3.9 vs SIGIP.PFD: 10.62

Competitive Comparison of Selective Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Selective Insurance 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.


Selective Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Selective Insurance Group's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Selective Insurance 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 Selective Insurance Group is calculated as

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

Selective Insurance Group  (NAS:SIGIP.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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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, NJ, USA, 07890
Selective Insurance Group Inc is a regional property-casualty insurer based in New Jersey, with its operations focused in the New York metropolitan area. Since 1977, Selective has focused its sales efforts on small businesses, offering commercial products that include workers' compensation, general liability, property, and auto insurance. Selective also has a small personal insurance segment (under 20% of total premiums), selling auto and homeowner's coverage.