On the 19 January 2018, Nam Tai Property Inc (NYSE:NTP) will be paying shareholders an upcoming dividend amount of $0.07 per share. However, investors must have bought the company’s stock before 28 December 2017 in order to qualify for the payment. That means you have only 3 days left! Is this future income a persuasive enough catalyst for investors to think about Nam Tai Property as an investment today? Below, I’m going to look at the latest data and analyze the stock and its dividend property in further detail. View our latest analysis for Nam Tai Property
5 questions I ask before picking a dividend stock
When researching a dividend stock, I always follow the following screening criteria:
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Is it the top 25% annual dividend yield payer?
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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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Can it afford to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
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Will the company be able to keep paying dividend based on the future earnings growth?
How does Nam Tai Property fare?
The company currently pays out more than double of its earnings as a dividend, meaning that the dividend is predominantly funded by retained 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 there is one thing that you want to be reliable in your life, it’s dividend stocks and their constant income stream. Not only have dividend payouts from Nam Tai Property fallen over the past 10 years, it has also been highly volatile during this time, with drops of over 25% in some years. This means that dividend hunters should probably steer clear of the stock, at least for now until the track record improves. In terms of its peers, Nam Tai Property has a yield of 2.29%, which is on the low-side for real estate stocks.
What this means for you:
Are you a shareholder? Investors may not have the best feeling about their investment in Nam Tai Property right now, in terms of its dividend attributes. It may be valuable exploring other dividend stocks as alternatives to Nam Tai Property or even look at high-growth stocks to complement your steady income stocks. I encourage you to continue your research by checking out my interactive free list of dividend rockstars as well as high-growth stocks to potentially add to your holdings.
Are you a potential investor? Now you know to keep in mind the reason why investors should be careful investing in Nam Tai Property for the dividend. On the other hand, if you are not strictly just a dividend investor, the stock could still be offering some interesting investment opportunities. As always, I urge potential investors to try and get a good understanding of the underlying business and its fundamentals before deciding on an investment. Dig deeper in our latest free fundmental analysis to explore other aspects of Nam Tai Property.
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.