Yahoo Finance Be Sure To Check Out The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC) Before It Goes Ex-Dividend
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Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it's exciting to see The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. Investors can purchase shares before the 18th of July in order to be eligible for this dividend, which will be paid on the 5th of August.
PNC Financial Services Group's upcoming dividend is US$1.15 a share, following on from the last 12 months, when the company distributed a total of US$3.80 per share to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, PNC Financial Services Group has a trailing yield of 3.2% on the current stock price of $142.19. We love seeing companies pay a dividend, but it's also important to be sure that laying the golden eggs isn't going to kill our golden goose! So we need to investigate whether PNC Financial Services Group can afford its dividend, and if the dividend could grow.
View our latest analysis for PNC Financial Services Group
If a company pays out more in dividends than it earned, then the dividend might become unsustainable - hardly an ideal situation. PNC Financial Services Group paid out a comfortable 33% of its profit last year.
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?
Stocks in companies that generate sustainable earnings growth often make the best dividend prospects, as it is easier to lift the dividend when earnings are rising. Investors love dividends, so if earnings fall and the dividend is reduced, expect a stock to be sold off heavily at the same time. This is why it's a relief to see PNC Financial Services Group earnings per share are up 8.0% per annum over the last five years.
Another key way to measure a company's dividend prospects is by measuring its historical rate of dividend growth. PNC Financial Services Group has delivered an average of 5.7% per year annual increase in its dividend, based on the past 10 years of dividend payments. It's encouraging to see the company lifting dividends while earnings are growing, suggesting at least some corporate interest in rewarding shareholders.
To Sum It Up
Should investors buy PNC Financial Services Group for the upcoming dividend? PNC Financial Services Group has seen its earnings per share grow slowly in recent years, and the company reinvests more than half of its profits in the business, which generally bodes well for its future prospects. We think this is a pretty attractive combination, and would be interested in investigating PNC Financial Services Group more closely.
Curious what other investors think of PNC Financial Services Group? See what analysts are forecasting, with this visualisation of its historical and future estimated earnings and cash flow .
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