Yahoo Finance 4 Days Left To Cash In On Cenkos Securities plc (LON:CNKS) Dividend,
If you are interested in cashing in on Cenkos Securities plc’s (LON:CNKS) upcoming dividend of UK£0.02 per share, you only have 4 days left to buy the shares before its ex-dividend date, 04 October 2018, in time for dividends payable on the 02 November 2018. Is this future income a persuasive enough catalyst for investors to think about Cenkos Securities as an investment today? Below, I’m going to look at the latest data and analyze the stock and its dividend property in further detail.
See our latest analysis for Cenkos Securities
5 questions to ask before buying a dividend stock
When researching a dividend stock, I always follow the following screening criteria:
Is it the top 25% annual dividend yield payer?
Has it paid dividend every year without dramatically reducing payout in the past?
Has the amount of dividend per share grown over the past?
Is is able to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
Based on future earnings growth, will it be able to continue to payout dividend at the current rate?
Does Cenkos Securities pass our checks?
The current trailing twelve-month payout ratio for the stock is 72.8%, meaning the dividend is sufficiently 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 assessing the forecast sustainability of a dividend it is also worth considering the cash flow of the business. Cash flow is important because companies with strong cash flow can usually sustain higher payout ratios.
If there’s one type of stock you want to be reliable, it’s dividend stocks and their stable income-generating ability. Not only have dividend payouts from Cenkos Securities fallen over the past 10 years, it has also been highly volatile during this time, with drops of over 25% in some years. This means that dividend hunters should probably steer clear of the stock, at least for now until the track record improves.
Compared to its peers, Cenkos Securities produces a yield of 5.0%, which is high for Capital Markets stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers.
Next Steps:
After digging a little deeper into Cenkos Securities’s yield, it’s easy to see why you should be cautious investing in the company just for the dividend. 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 recommend taking sufficient time to understand its core business and determine whether the company and its investment properties suit your overall goals. Below, I’ve compiled three essential aspects you should further research:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for CNKS’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for CNKS’s outlook.
Valuation: What is CNKS 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 CNKS 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.
To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.
