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Glen Burnie Bancorp (NASDAQ:GLBZ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.10 per share on the 6th of November. This means the annual payment is 6.5% of the current stock price, which is above the average for the industry.
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Glen Burnie Bancorp's Dividend Forecasted To Be Well Covered By Earnings
We like to see robust dividend yields, but that doesn't matter if the payment isn't sustainable.
Glen Burnie Bancorp has a long history of paying out dividends, with its current track record at a minimum of 10 years. Past distributions do not necessarily guarantee future ones, but Glen Burnie Bancorp's payout ratio of 60% is a good sign as this means that earnings decently cover dividends.
Looking forward, earnings per share could rise by 13.5% over the next year if the trend from the last few years continues. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we think the future payout ratio could be 53% by next year, which is in a pretty sustainable range.
Dividend Volatility
The company's dividend history has been marked by instability, with at least one cut in the last 10 years. The last annual payment of $0.40 was flat on the annual payment from10 years ago. We're glad to see the dividend has risen, but with a limited rate of growth and fluctuations in the payments the total shareholder return may be limited.
The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow
Growing earnings per share could be a mitigating factor when considering the past fluctuations in the dividend. We are encouraged to see that Glen Burnie Bancorp has grown earnings per share at 13% per year over the past five years. Shareholders are getting plenty of the earnings returned to them, which combined with strong growth makes this quite appealing.
We Really Like Glen Burnie Bancorp's Dividend
Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. The company is easily earning enough to cover its dividend payments and it is great to see that these earnings are being translated into cash flow. All in all, this checks a lot of the boxes we look for when choosing an income stock.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Taking the debate a bit further, we've identified 2 warning signs for Glen Burnie Bancorp that investors need to be conscious of moving forward. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.
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