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AutoNation (STU:RWI) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 01, 2024)


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

AutoNation's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.


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



STU:RWI's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 2.395
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, AutoNation'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.


AutoNation's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, AutoNation's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



AutoNation 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 AutoNation is calculated as

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

AutoNation  (STU:RWI) 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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AutoNation (STU:RWI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 SW 1st Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 33301
AutoNation is the second largest automotive dealer in the United States, with 2022 revenue of $27 billion and over 250 dealerships, plus 53 collision centers. The firm also has 16 AutoNation USA used-vehicle stores, a captive lender, four auction sites, and three parts distributors all across 20 states primarily in Sunbelt metropolitan areas. New-vehicle sales account for nearly half of revenue; the company also sells used vehicles, parts, and repair services as well as auto financing. The company (formerly Republic Industries) spun off its waste management unit (Republic Services) in 1999 and its car rental businesses (ANC Rental) in 2000. Wayne Huizenga founded the company in the 1990s to bring the rollup acquisition strategy to auto retailing, which has proved to be a smart move.

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