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Have you been keeping an eye on Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) Company Limited’s (HKG:366) upcoming dividend of HK$0.04 per share payable on the 12 October 2018? Then you only have 3 days left before the stock starts trading ex-dividend on the 21 September 2018. Should you diversify into Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) and boost your portfolio income stream? Well, keep on reading because today, I’m going to look at the latest data and analyze the stock and its dividend property in further detail.
See our latest analysis for Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings)
5 questions I ask before picking a dividend stock
When researching a dividend stock, I always follow the following screening criteria:
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Is it paying an annual yield above 75% of dividend payers?
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Does it consistently pay out dividends without missing a payment of significantly cutting payout?
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Has the amount of dividend per share grown over the past?
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Can it afford to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
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Will the company be able to keep paying dividend based on the future earnings growth?
How well does Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) fit our criteria?
The current trailing twelve-month payout ratio for the stock is 58.3%, meaning the dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Furthermore, analysts have not forecasted a dividends per share for the future, which makes it hard to determine the yield shareholders should expect, and whether the current payout is sustainable, moving forward.
If you want to dive deeper into the sustainability of a certain payout ratio, you may wish to consider the cash flow of the business. Companies with strong cash flow can sustain a higher payout ratio, while companies with weaker cash flow generally cannot.
If there is one thing that you want to be reliable in your life, it’s dividend stocks and their constant income stream. Although 366’s per share payments have increased in the past 10 years, it has not been a completely smooth ride. Shareholders would have seen a few years of reduced payments in this time.
Relative to peers, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) generates a yield of 4.6%, which is high for Basic Materials stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers.
Next Steps:
Taking all the above into account, Luks Group (Vietnam Holdings) is a complicated pick for dividend investors given that there are a couple of positive things about it as well as negative. However, if you are not strictly just a dividend investor, the stock could still offer some interesting investment opportunities. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, I recommend taking sufficient time to understand its core business and determine whether the company and its investment properties suit your overall goals. There are three important aspects you should look at: