Yahoo Finance American International Group (NYSE:AIG) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.32
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.32 per share on the 30th of September. This means the dividend yield will be fairly typical at 2.2%.
View our latest analysis for American International Group
American International Group's Earnings Easily Cover The Distributions
We like a dividend to be consistent over the long term, so checking whether it is sustainable is important. However, prior to this announcement, American International Group's dividend was comfortably covered by both cash flow and earnings. As a result, a large proportion of what it earned was being reinvested back into the business.
Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to fall by 45.2% over the next year. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we believe the payout ratio could be 14%, which we are pretty comfortable with and we think is feasible on an earnings basis.
American International Group Doesn't Have A Long Payment History
The dividend's track record has been pretty solid, but with only 9 years of history we want to see a few more years of history before making any solid conclusions. The annual payment during the last 9 years was $0.40 in 2013, and the most recent fiscal year payment was $1.28. This works out to be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 14% a year over that time. The dividend has been growing rapidly, however with such a short payment history we can't know for sure if payment can continue to grow over the long term, so caution may be warranted.
The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow
Investors who have held shares in the company for the past few years will be happy with the dividend income they have received. We are encouraged to see that American International Group has grown earnings per share at 53% per year over the past five years. Rapid earnings growth and a low payout ratio suggest this company has been effectively reinvesting in its business. Should that continue, this company could have a bright future.
We Really Like American International Group's Dividend
Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. The distributions are easily covered by earnings, and there is plenty of cash being generated as well. However, it is worth noting that the earnings are expected to fall over the next year, which may not change the long term outlook, but could affect the dividend payment in the next 12 months. All of these factors considered, we think this has solid potential as a dividend stock.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for American International Group (of which 1 is a bit concerning!) you should know about. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.
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