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Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) Has Attractive Fundamentals

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN), there’s is a notable dividend payer that has been able to sustain great financial health over the past. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, read the full report on Dana here.

Established dividend payer with adequate balance sheet

DAN’s ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This implies that DAN manages its cash and cost levels well, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. DAN seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 0.25x total debt in the most recent year. This is also a good indication as to whether debt is properly covered by the company’s cash flows.

NYSE:DAN Historical Debt October 30th 18
NYSE:DAN Historical Debt October 30th 18

Income investors would also be happy to know that DAN is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 2.4%. DAN has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

NYSE:DAN Historical Dividend Yield October 30th 18
NYSE:DAN Historical Dividend Yield October 30th 18

Next Steps:

For Dana, I’ve put together three important factors you should further research:

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  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for DAN’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for DAN’s outlook.

  2. Historical Performance: What has DAN’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of DAN? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past 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. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.