Yahoo Finance Here's What We Like About Perella Weinberg Partners' (NASDAQ:PWP) Upcoming Dividend
Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it's exciting to see Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ:PWP) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next four days. The ex-dividend date occurs one day before the record date which is the day on which shareholders need to be on the company's books in order to receive a dividend. It is important to be aware of the ex-dividend date because any trade on the stock needs to have been settled on or before the record date. Accordingly, Perella Weinberg Partners investors that purchase the stock on or after the 1st of September will not receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 12th of September.
The company's next dividend payment will be US$0.07 per share, and in the last 12 months, the company paid a total of US$0.28 per share. Based on the last year's worth of payments, Perella Weinberg Partners has a trailing yield of 3.8% on the current stock price of $7.38. If you buy this business for its dividend, you should have an idea of whether Perella Weinberg Partners's dividend is reliable and sustainable. That's why we should always check whether the dividend payments appear sustainable, and if the company is growing.
See our latest analysis for Perella Weinberg Partners
Dividends are usually paid out of company profits, so if a company pays out more than it earned then its dividend is usually at greater risk of being cut. Perella Weinberg Partners is paying out an acceptable 58% of its profit, a common payout level among most companies.
Companies that pay out less in dividends than they earn in profits generally have more sustainable dividends. The lower the payout ratio, the more wiggle room the business has before it could be forced to cut the dividend.
Click here to see the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Companies that aren't growing their earnings can still be valuable, but it is even more important to assess the sustainability of the dividend if it looks like the company will struggle to grow. If business enters a downturn and the dividend is cut, the company could see its value fall precipitously.
Given that Perella Weinberg Partners has only been paying a dividend for a year, there's not much of a past history to draw insight from.
The Bottom Line
From a dividend perspective, should investors buy or avoid Perella Weinberg Partners? Perella Weinberg Partners has been struggling to generate growth while also paying out more than half of its earnings to shareholders as dividends. In sum this is a middling combination, and we find it hard to get excited about the company from a dividend perspective.
So if you want to do more digging on Perella Weinberg Partners, you'll find it worthwhile knowing the risks that this stock faces. To help with this, we've discovered 1 warning sign for Perella Weinberg Partners that you should be aware of before investing in their shares.
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