Yahoo Finance Solid State (LON:SOLI) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At UK£0.063
Solid State plc's (LON:SOLI) dividend will be increasing to UK£0.063 on 18th of February. This makes the dividend yield 1.5%, which is above the industry average.
Check out our latest analysis for Solid State
Solid State's Dividend Is Well Covered By Earnings
Impressive dividend yields are good, but this doesn't matter much if the payments can't be sustained. The last dividend was quite easily covered by Solid State's earnings. This indicates that a lot of the earnings are being reinvested into the business, with the aim of fueling growth.
Over the next year, EPS is forecast to expand by 4.1%. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 40% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.
Solid State Has A Solid Track Record
The company has an extended history of paying stable dividends. Since 2011, the dividend has gone from UK£0.08 to UK£0.17. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 7.8% per annum over that time. The dividend has been growing very nicely for a number of years, and has given its shareholders some nice income in their portfolios.
The Dividend Has Growth Potential
The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. We are encouraged to see that Solid State has grown earnings per share at 7.8% per year over the past five years. The company is paying a reasonable amount of earnings to shareholders, and is growing earnings at a decent rate so we think it could be a decent dividend stock.
Solid State Looks Like A Great Dividend Stock
Overall, we think this could be an attractive income stock, and it is only getting better by paying a higher dividend this year. Distributions are quite easily covered by earnings, which are also being converted to cash flows. Taking this all into consideration, this looks like it could be a good dividend opportunity.
Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. Still, investors need to consider a host of other factors, apart from dividend payments, when analysing a company. Are management backing themselves to deliver performance? Check their shareholdings in Solid State in our latest insider ownership analysis. We have also put together a list of global stocks with a solid dividend.
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