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Express Scripts Holding Co (Express Scripts Holding Co) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Express Scripts Holding Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Express Scripts Holding Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 0.00.


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



ESRX's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Plans industry.
Industry Median: 3.17
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of Express Scripts Holding Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Express Scripts Holding Co'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.


Express Scripts Holding Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Express Scripts Holding Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Express Scripts Holding Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



Express Scripts Holding Co 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 Express Scripts Holding Co is calculated as

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

Express Scripts Holding Co  (NAS:ESRX) 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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Express Scripts Holding Co (Express Scripts Holding Co) Business Description

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Express Scripts is the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States. Through its mail-order pharmacy and network of retail pharmacies, Express Scripts processes approximately 1.3 billion adjusted prescriptions annually for its payer clients.