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It looks like Nahar Poly Films Limited (NSE:NAHARPOLY) is about to go ex-dividend in the next 4 days. Investors can purchase shares before the 12th of September in order to be eligible for this dividend, which will be paid on the 30th of October.
Nahar Poly Films's next dividend payment will be ₹0.50 per share, and in the last 12 months, the company paid a total of ₹0.50 per share. Based on the last year's worth of payments, Nahar Poly Films stock has a trailing yield of around 1.5% on the current share price of ₹32.1. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only if the dividend continues to be paid. So we need to check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.
See our latest analysis for Nahar Poly Films
Dividends are typically paid out of company income, so if a company pays out more than it earned, its dividend is usually at a higher risk of being cut. Nahar Poly Films 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 Nahar Poly Films generated enough free cash flow to afford its dividend. Luckily it paid out just 7.3% of its free cash flow 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.
Click here to see how much of its profit Nahar Poly Films paid out over the last 12 months.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Businesses with strong growth prospects usually make the best dividend payers, because it's easier to grow dividends when earnings per share are improving. If business enters a downturn and the dividend is cut, the company could see its value fall precipitously. That's why it's comforting to see Nahar Poly Films's earnings have been skyrocketing, up 110% per annum for the past five years. With earnings per share growing rapidly and the company sensibly reinvesting almost all of its profits within the business, Nahar Poly Films looks like a promising growth company.
The main way most investors will assess a company's dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. Since the start of our data, 10 years ago, Nahar Poly Films has lifted its dividend by approximately 3.6% 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.