Yahoo Finance Sylogist's (TSE:SYZ) Dividend Will Be CA$0.13
The board of Sylogist Ltd. (TSE:SYZ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of CA$0.13 per share on the 8th of September. This means the annual payment is 4.5% of the current stock price, which is above the average for the industry.
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Sylogist Is Paying Out More Than It Is Earning
A big dividend yield for a few years doesn't mean much if it can't be sustained. Before making this announcement, the company's dividend was much higher than its earnings. Without profits and cash flows increasing, it would be difficult for the company to continue paying the dividend at this level.
The next 12 months is set to see EPS grow by 27.3%. However, if the dividend continues growing along recent trends, it could start putting pressure on the balance sheet with the payout ratio reaching 199% over the next year.
Dividend Volatility
While the company has been paying a dividend for a long time, it has cut the dividend at least once in the last 10 years. Since 2011, the first annual payment was CA$0.08, compared to the most recent full-year payment of CA$0.50. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 20% per annum over that time. Dividends have grown rapidly over this time, but with cuts in the past we are not certain that this stock will be a reliable source of income in the future.
The Dividend's Growth Prospects Are Limited
Growing earnings per share could be a mitigating factor when considering the past fluctuations in the dividend. Although it's important to note that Sylogist's earnings per share has basically not grown from where it was five years ago, which could erode the purchasing power of the dividend over time.
We're Not Big Fans Of Sylogist's Dividend
Overall, this isn't a great candidate as an income investment, even though the dividend was stable this year. The company seems to be stretching itself a bit to make such big payments, but it doesn't appear they can be consistent over time. We don't think that this is a great candidate to be an income stock.
Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. Still, investors need to consider a host of other factors, apart from dividend payments, when analysing a company. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Sylogist (of which 1 is potentially serious!) you should know about. We have also put together a list of global stocks with a solid dividend.
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