Shares of Stewart & Wight plc (LSE:STE) will begin trading ex-dividend in 3 days. To qualify for the dividend check of £0.1 per share, investors must have owned the shares prior to 22 February 2018, which is the last day the company’s management will finalize their list of shareholders to which they will send dividend payments. Investors looking for higher income-generating stocks to add to their portfolio should keep reading, as I take a deeper dive into Stewart & Wight’s latest financial data to analyse its dividend attributes. View our latest analysis for Stewart & Wight
Here’s how I find good dividend stocks
When assessing a stock as a potential addition to my dividend Portfolio, I look at these five areas:
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Is their annual yield among the top 25% 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 it increased its dividend per share amount over the past?
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Is its earnings sufficient to payout dividend at the current rate?
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Based on future earnings growth, will it be able to continue to payout dividend at the current rate?
Does Stewart & Wight pass our checks?
Stewart & Wight has a trailing twelve-month payout ratio of 44.56%, which means that the dividend is 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 dividend is a key criteria in your investment consideration, then you need to make sure the dividend stock you’re eyeing out is reliable in its payments. Whilst its per-share payments have increased during the past 10 years, there has been some hiccups. Shareholders would have seen a few years of reduced payments in this time. In terms of its peers, Stewart & Wight generates a yield of 4.67%, which is high for Real Estate stocks.
Next Steps:
Keeping in mind the dividend characteristics above, Stewart & Wight is definitely worth considering for investors looking to build a dedicated income portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, you should always research extensively before deciding whether or not a stock is an appropriate investment for you. I always recommend analysing the company’s fundamentals and underlying business before making an investment decision. There are three pertinent factors you should further research:
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1. Valuation: What is STE worth today? Even if the stock is a cash cow, it’s not worth an infinite price. The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether STE is currently mispriced by the market.
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2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Stewart & Wight’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
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3. Other Dividend Rockstars: Are there better dividend payers with stronger fundamentals out there? Check out our free list of these great stocks here.
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.