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Is Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc’s (NYQ:AMC) dividend payment at risk?

Ben Hobson
·3-min read

Dividend cuts are almost always preceded or succeeded by a painful decline in share price - so understanding how to screen out companies whose dividend payments are at risk can help improve portfolio performance.

There are lots of financial indicators that can help us evaluate the sustainability of a company’s dividend. Taking the best of these and applying them to Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYQ:AMC), which pays a 0.80 rolling dividend, shows that shareholders ought to be seriously concerned about the sustainability of its dividend...

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Is Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYQ:AMC)’s dividend cover below 1.0x?

Dividend cover is seen by many as the essential dividend health metric and is calculated by dividing earnings per share divided by dividend per share (EPS/DPS). The usual rule of thumb is that dividend cover of less than 1.5x earnings can become a concern.

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  • The rolling dividend cover is based on projected dividends and earnings. Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc’s rolling dividend cover is -4.03.

  • The historic dividend cover is, of course, based on historic dividends and earnings. Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc’s historic dividend cover is -1.79.

Both of these figures are below the 1.0x safety threshold for Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc that we have set. This suggests that the dividend could be at risk.

Does Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYQ:AMC) have a strong balance sheet?

Another way to look at dividend safety is to focus more directly on a company’s balance sheet strength. A highly leveraged company that struggles to meet its short-term liabilities is more likely to cut its dividend than a well-financed one.

A safe level of net gearing (net debt to equity) on the balance sheet is generally considered to be 50 percent or less. Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc’s net gearing ratio is 377.9% - above the 50% threshold.

The current ratio (current assets / current liabilities ) gauges a company’s capacity to service short term debts. A current ratio of less than one can be cause for concern. Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc’s current ratio is 0.35 - below the 1.0x threshold.

Does Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc have enough cash?

Shareholders could take additional steps to analyse dividend safety by comparing Free Cashflows Per Share (FCF PS) with the Dividend Per Share (DPS). Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc generated 0.50 in FCF PS. This is lower than the dividend payout 0.80 and indicates that the company has not generated enough FCF to cover dividends over the past twelve months.

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As for Amc Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYQ:AMC), you can find a wealth of financial data on the group's StockReport, including information on the group's past and forecast dividend payments. If you’d like to discover more about dividend investing, you can read our free ebook: How to Make Money in Dividend Stocks.