Yahoo Finance Interested In Crius Energy Trust (TSE:KWH.UN)’s Upcoming US$0.07 Dividend? You Have 4 Days Left
Shares of Crius Energy Trust (TSE:KWH.UN) will begin trading ex-dividend in 4 days. To qualify for the dividend check of US$0.07 per share, investors must have owned the shares prior to 27 September 2018, which is the last day the company’s management will finalize their list of shareholders to which they will send dividend payments. What does this mean for current shareholders and potential investors? Below, I will explain how holding Crius Energy Trust can impact your portfolio income stream, by analysing the stock’s most recent financial data and dividend attributes.
See our latest analysis for Crius Energy Trust
5 questions to ask before buying a dividend stock
If you are a dividend investor, you should always assess these five key metrics:
Is their annual yield among the top 25% of dividend payers?
Does it consistently pay out dividends without missing a payment of significantly cutting payout?
Has it increased its dividend per share amount over the past?
Is its earnings sufficient to payout dividend at the current rate?
Will it have the ability to keep paying its dividends going forward?
Does Crius Energy Trust pass our checks?
The current trailing twelve-month payout ratio for the stock is 52.6%, which means that the dividend is covered by earnings. Furthermore, analysts have not forecasted a dividends per share for the future, which makes it hard to determine the yield shareholders should expect, and whether the current payout is sustainable, moving forward.
When considering the sustainability of dividends, it is also worth checking the cash flow of a company. A company with strong cash flow, relative to earnings, can sometimes sustain a high pay out ratio.
If there’s one type of stock you want to be reliable, it’s dividend stocks and their stable income-generating ability. The reality is that it is too early to consider Crius Energy Trust as a dividend investment. It has only been consistently paying dividends for 6 years, however, standard practice for reliable payers is to look for a 10-year minimum track record.
Compared to its peers, Crius Energy Trust generates a yield of 9.5%, which is high for Electric Utilities stocks.
Next Steps:
If you are building an income portfolio, then Crius Energy Trust is a complicated choice since it has some positive aspects as well as negative ones. But if you are not exclusively a dividend investor, the stock could still be an interesting investment opportunity. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, I urge potential investors to try and get a good understanding of the underlying business and its fundamentals before deciding on an investment. There are three important factors you should further examine:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for KWH.UN’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for KWH.UN’s outlook.
Valuation: What is KWH.UN worth today? Even if the stock is a cash cow, it’s not worth an infinite price. The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether KWH.UN is currently mispriced by the market.
Dividend Rockstars: Are there better dividend payers with stronger fundamentals out there? Check out our free list of these great stocks here.
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