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Assessing the Sustainability of PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's Dividends
PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (NYSE:PDI) recently announced a dividend of $0.22 per share, payable on 2024-05-01, with the ex-dividend date set for 2024-04-10. As investors look forward to this upcoming payment, the spotlight also shines on the company's dividend history, yield, and growth rates. Using the data from GuruFocus, let's look into PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's dividend performance and assess its sustainability.
What Does PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund Do?
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PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund is a United States-based closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to seek current income. Its secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation. The fund invests worldwide in a portfolio of debt obligations and other income-producing securities with varying maturities and related derivative instruments. Its investments include mortgage-backed securities, investment grade, and high-yield corporates, corporate and sovereign bonds, other income-producing securities, and related derivative instruments.
A Glimpse at PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's Dividend History
PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund has maintained a consistent dividend payment record since 2012. Dividends are currently distributed on a monthly basis. Below is a chart showing annual Dividends Per Share for tracking historical trends.
Breaking Down PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's Dividend Yield and Growth
As of today, PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund currently has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 13.37% and a 12-month forward dividend yield of 13.37%. This suggests an expectation of same dividend payments over the next 12 months. Based on PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's dividend yield and five-year growth rate, the 5-year yield on cost of PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund stock as of today is approximately 13.37%.
The Sustainability Question: Payout Ratio and Profitability
To assess the sustainability of the dividend, one needs to evaluate the company's payout ratio. The dividend payout ratio provides insights into the portion of earnings the company distributes as dividends. A lower ratio suggests that the company retains a significant part of its earnings, thereby ensuring the availability of funds for future growth and unexpected downturns. As of 2023-12-31, PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's dividend payout ratio is 1.41, which may suggest that the company's dividend may not be sustainable. PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's profitability rank, offers an understanding of the company's earnings prowess relative to its peers. GuruFocus ranks PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund's profitability 3 out of 10 as of 2023-12-31, suggesting the dividend may not be sustainable. The company has reported net profit in 4 years out of the past 10 years.