Yahoo Finance CI Financial (TSE:CIX) Has Affirmed Its Dividend Of CA$0.18
CI Financial Corp.'s (TSE:CIX) investors are due to receive a payment of CA$0.18 per share on 14th of October. This makes the dividend yield 4.8%, which will augment investor returns quite nicely.
Check out our latest analysis for CI Financial
CI Financial's Earnings Easily Cover The Distributions
Impressive dividend yields are good, but this doesn't matter much if the payments can't be sustained. However, CI Financial's earnings easily cover the dividend. This means that most of what the business earns is being used to help it grow.
Over the next year, EPS is forecast to expand by 79.9%. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 16% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.
Dividend Volatility
While the company has been paying a dividend for a long time, it has cut the dividend at least once in the last 10 years. Since 2012, the dividend has gone from CA$0.90 total annually to CA$0.72. This works out to be a decline of approximately 2.2% per year over that time. Generally, we don't like to see a dividend that has been declining over time as this can degrade shareholders' returns and indicate that the company may be running into problems.
Dividend Growth May Be Hard To Achieve
Growing earnings per share could be a mitigating factor when considering the past fluctuations in the dividend. However, CI Financial has only grown its earnings per share at 2.7% per annum over the past five years. While growth may be thin on the ground, CI Financial could always pay out a higher proportion of earnings to increase shareholder returns.
Our Thoughts On CI Financial's Dividend
Overall, we think CI Financial is a solid choice as a dividend stock, even though the dividend wasn't raised this year. The dividend has been at reasonable levels historically, but that hasn't translated into a consistent payment. The dividend looks okay, but there have been some issues in the past, so we would be a little bit cautious.
Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for CI Financial (of which 1 is potentially serious!) you should know about. Looking for more high-yielding dividend ideas? Try our collection of strong dividend payers.
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