Yahoo Finance Imperial Equities (CVE:IEI) Will Pay A Dividend Of CA$0.02
Imperial Equities Inc.'s (CVE:IEI) investors are due to receive a payment of CA$0.02 per share on 29th of July. This means the annual payment is 1.5% of the current stock price, which is above the average for the industry.
See our latest analysis for Imperial Equities
Imperial Equities' Dividend Is Well Covered By Earnings
A big dividend yield for a few years doesn't mean much if it can't be sustained. Before making this announcement, Imperial Equities was easily earning enough to cover the dividend. This means that most of what the business earns is being used to help it grow.
Looking forward, earnings per share could rise by 12.1% over the next year if the trend from the last few years continues. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 7.3% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.
Imperial Equities' Dividend Has Lacked Consistency
It's comforting to see that Imperial Equities has been paying a dividend for a number of years now, however it has been cut at least once in that time. Due to this, we are a little bit cautious about the dividend consistency over a full economic cycle. The dividend has gone from CA$0.10 in 2013 to the most recent annual payment of CA$0.08. The dividend has shrunk at around 2.4% a year during that period. A company that decreases its dividend over time generally isn't what we are looking for.
The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow
With a relatively unstable dividend, it's even more important to see if earnings per share is growing. Imperial Equities has impressed us by growing EPS at 12% per year over the past five years. A low payout ratio and decent growth suggests that the company is reinvesting well, and it also has plenty of room to increase the dividend over time.
Imperial Equities Looks Like A Great Dividend Stock
Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. Earnings are easily covering distributions, and the company is generating plenty of cash. All of these factors considered, we think this has solid potential as a dividend stock.
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. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Imperial Equities (of which 1 shouldn't be ignored!) you should know about. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.
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