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SGS AG (XSWX:SGSN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.09 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is SGS AG 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

SGS AG's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.09.


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

XSWX:SGSN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.39   Med: 3.29   Max: 4.7
Current: 4.09


During the past 13 years, SGS AG's highest Yield on Cost was 4.70. The lowest was 1.39. And the median was 3.29.


XSWX:SGSN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
57.68% of 586 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 3.565 vs XSWX:SGSN: 4.09

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, SGS AG'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.


SGS AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SGS AG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



SGS AG 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 SGS AG is calculated as

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

SGS AG  (XSWX:SGSN) 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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SGS AG (XSWX:SGSN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Place des Alpes, P.O. Box 2152, Geneva, CHE, CH-1211
Switzerland-listed SGS is the largest and one of the oldest companies in the testing, inspection, and certification industry. The company's primary activities involve testing products and materials, inspecting sites/industrial equipment, and certifying products and systems to ensure global/company standards. SGS is one of only four TIC companies that operate globally across numerous industries, including agriculture, food and life science, and transport services. SGS was first listed in 1981 and employs almost 100,000 people worldwide.

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