Readers hoping to buy Hisar Metal Industries Limited (NSE:HISARMET) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is about to trade ex-dividend. You can purchase shares before the 12th of September in order to receive the dividend, which the company will pay on the 23rd of October.
Hisar Metal Industries's next dividend payment will be ₹1.00 per share. Last year, in total, the company distributed ₹1.00 to shareholders. Calculating the last year's worth of payments shows that Hisar Metal Industries has a trailing yield of 2.3% on the current share price of ₹43.1. If you buy this business for its dividend, you should have an idea of whether Hisar Metal Industries's dividend is reliable and sustainable. That's why we should always check whether the dividend payments appear sustainable, and if the company is growing.
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Dividends are usually paid out of company profits, so if a company pays out more than it earned then its dividend is usually at greater risk of being cut. Hisar Metal Industries is paying out just 10% of its profit after tax, which is comfortably low and leaves plenty of breathing room in the case of adverse events. A useful secondary check can be to evaluate whether Hisar Metal Industries generated enough free cash flow to afford its dividend. The good news is it paid out just 6.4% of its free cash flow in the last year.
It's encouraging to see that the dividend is covered by both profit and cash flow. This generally suggests the dividend is sustainable, as long as earnings don't drop precipitously.
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Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Stocks in companies that generate sustainable earnings growth often make the best dividend prospects, as it is easier to lift the dividend when earnings are rising. If earnings decline and the company is forced to cut its dividend, investors could watch the value of their investment go up in smoke. That's why it's comforting to see Hisar Metal Industries's earnings have been skyrocketing, up 34% per annum for the past five years. Hisar Metal Industries earnings per share have been sprinting ahead like the Road Runner at a track and field day; scarcely stopping even for a cheeky "beep-beep". We also like that it is reinvesting most of its profits in its business.
Many investors will assess a company's dividend performance by evaluating how much the dividend payments have changed over time. In the last 10 years, Hisar Metal Industries has lifted its dividend by approximately 4.1% a year on average. It's good to see both earnings and the dividend have improved - although the former has been rising much quicker than the latter, possibly due to the company reinvesting more of its profits in growth.