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Sonoco Products Co (STU:SNS) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 3.70 (As of Oct. 10, 2024)


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What is Sonoco Products Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Sonoco Products Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 3.70.


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

STU:SNS' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.1   Med: 3.7   Max: 5.25
Current: 3.7


During the past 13 years, Sonoco Products Co's highest Yield on Cost was 5.25. The lowest was 3.10. And the median was 3.70.


STU:SNS's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
71.48% of 256 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.985 vs STU:SNS: 3.70

Competitive Comparison of Sonoco Products Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Sonoco Products 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.


Sonoco Products Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sonoco Products Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sonoco Products 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 Sonoco Products Co is calculated as

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

Sonoco Products Co  (STU:SNS) 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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Sonoco Products Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 N. Second Street, Hartsville, SC, USA, 29550
Over its 100-year-plus history, Sonoco Products has steadily assembled a diverse portfolio of industrial and consumer packaging product offerings such as flexible and rigid plastics, reels and spools, pallets, and composite cans. The company serves a variety of consumer and industrial end markets throughout North America. Sonoco has raised its dividend each year for more than 40 years.

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