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Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 2.13 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Span-America Medical Systems 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Span-America Medical Systems's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 2.13.


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

SPAN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 2.13
Current: 2.13


During the past 13 years, Span-America Medical Systems's highest Yield on Cost was 2.13. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


SPAN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 2.21 vs SPAN: 2.13

Competitive Comparison of Span-America Medical Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Span-America Medical Systems'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.


Span-America Medical Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Span-America Medical Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Span-America Medical Systems's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Span-America Medical Systems 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 Span-America Medical Systems is calculated as

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

Span-America Medical Systems  (NAS:SPAN) 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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Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Business Description

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Span-America Medical Systems Inc was incorporated under the laws of the state of South Carolina on September 21, 1970. The Company manufactures and distributes therapeutic support surfaces, mattress overlays, patient positioners, seating cushions, skin care products and fall prevention products for the medical market and pillows, mattress pads and various foam products for the custom products market throughout the United States and Canada. Its operations are divided into two main business units or segments: medical and custom products. The Company's main medical products consist of polyurethane foam mattress overlays, therapeutic support surfaces (which consist of non-powered and powered therapeutic support surfaces) and patient positioners as well as Selan (r) skin care, seating and fall protection products. The Company's custom products segment includes two product lines namely consumer bedding products and various engineered industrial products. The Company's consumer product line consists mainly of convoluted and contour-cut mattress overlays and specially designed pillows for the consumer bedding market. It sells these products mainly in North America to customers in the segments of the health care market, including acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health care providers. The Company's manufacturing operations are subject to various government regulations pertaining to the discharge of materials into the environment.
Executives
Terry Allison Rappuhn director P O BOX 58062, NASHVILLE TN 37205
Thomas Joseph Sullivan director 64 PETTIT PL PRINCETON NJ 08540
Robert B Johnston director

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