Yahoo Finance Global Water Resources (NASDAQ:GWRS) Has Announced A Dividend Of US$0.025
Global Water Resources, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GWRS) investors are due to receive a payment of US$0.025 per share on 31st of May. This means that the annual payment will be 2.1% of the current stock price, which is in line with the average for the industry.
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Global Water Resources Doesn't Earn Enough To Cover Its Payments
We like to see a healthy dividend yield, but that is only helpful to us if the payment can continue. Based on the last payment, the company wasn't making enough to cover what it was paying to shareholders. It will be difficult to sustain this level of payout so we wouldn't be confident about this continuing.
Over the next year, EPS is forecast to expand by 0.3%. If the dividend continues on its recent course, the payout ratio in 12 months could be 137%, which is a bit high and could start applying pressure to the balance sheet.
Global Water Resources Doesn't Have A Long Payment History
Even though the company has been paying a consistent dividend for a while, we would like to see a few more years before we feel comfortable relying on it. Since 2016, the first annual payment was US$0.28, compared to the most recent full-year payment of US$0.29. Its dividends have grown at less than 1% per annum over this time frame. It's good to see at least some dividend growth. Yet with a relatively short dividend paying history, we wouldn't want to depend on this dividend too heavily.
Dividend Growth May Be Hard To Achieve
The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. However, Global Water Resources has only grown its earnings per share at 2.7% per annum over the past five years. The company is paying out a lot of its profits, even though it is growing those profits pretty slowly. This gives limited room for the company to raise the dividend in the future.
The Dividend Could Prove To Be Unreliable
Overall, we don't think this company makes a great dividend stock, even though the dividend wasn't cut this year. The payments are bit high to be considered sustainable, and the track record isn't the best. This company is not in the top tier of income providing stocks.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. However, there are other things to consider for investors when analysing stock performance. For example, we've identified 3 warning signs for Global Water Resources (2 shouldn't be ignored!) that you should be aware of before investing. Looking for more high-yielding dividend ideas? Try our collection of strong dividend payers.
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