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Lafarge (XPAR:LGNV) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 07, 2024)


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

Lafarge's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.00.


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


During the past 13 years, Lafarge's highest Yield on Cost was 74.89. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 2.17.


XPAR:LGNV's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 3.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

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

For the Building Materials subindustry, Lafarge'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.


Lafarge's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

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

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



Lafarge 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 Lafarge is calculated as

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

Lafarge  (XPAR:LGNV) 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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Lafarge (XPAR:LGNV) Business Description

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Lafarge SA is a French limited liability company governed by French law and was founded in France in 1833 and was incorporated in 1884 under the name "J. et A. Pavin de Lafarge". The Company provides building materials. It is engaged in producing & selling cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete, mostly under the "Lafarge" brand name. Its building products and solutions are used to construct and renovate homes, buildings and infrastructures. At year-end 2013, Company cement production operated, in 56 countries, 113 cement plants and 42 grinding plants, with an annual production capacity of 221 million tons. It also manages cement trading activities. The Company aggregates and concrete are used as raw materials for concrete, masonry, asphalt, and other industrial processes, and as base materials for roads, landfills, and building. As of December 31, 2013, Company had approximately 437 production facilities for aggregates in 23 countries. The Company's Ready-mix concrete had 1,026 concrete plants in 33 countries as of December 31, 2014. The Company also produces asphalt in North America and the United Kingdom, and sells either as a stand-alone product, or in conjunction with contracted paving. The Company operates in Western Europe, North America, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia.

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