Some investors rely on dividends for growing their wealth, and if you’re one of those dividend sleuths, you might be intrigued to know that Sandon Capital Investments Limited (ASX:SNC) is about to go ex-dividend in just four days. The ex-dividend date is one business day before the record date, which is the cut-off date for shareholders to be present on the company’s books to be eligible for a dividend payment. The ex-dividend date is important as the process of settlement involves two full business days. So if you miss that date, you would not show up on the company’s books on the record date. In other words, investors can purchase Sandon Capital Investments’ shares before the 30th of November in order to be eligible for the dividend, which will be paid on the 20th of December.
The company’s next dividend payment will be AU$0.01 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of AU$0.052 to shareholders. Based on the last year’s worth of payments, Sandon Capital Investments has a trailing yield of 5.3% on the current stock price of A$0.99. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only if the dividend continues to be paid. So we need to check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.
See our latest analysis for Sandon Capital Investments
Dividends are typically paid out of company income, so if a company pays out more than it earned, its dividend is usually at a higher risk of being cut. Sandon Capital Investments paid out just 15% of its profit last year, which we think is conservatively low and leaves plenty of margin for unexpected circumstances.
Generally speaking, the lower a company’s payout ratios, the more resilient its dividend usually is.
Click here to see how much of its profit Sandon Capital Investments paid out over the last 12 months.
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Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Businesses with strong growth prospects usually make the best dividend payers, because it’s easier to grow dividends when earnings per share are improving. If earnings decline and the company is forced to cut its dividend, investors could watch the value of their investment go up in smoke. That’s why it’s comforting to see Sandon Capital Investments’s earnings have been skyrocketing, up 39% per annum for the past five years.
The main way most investors will assess a company’s dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. Since the start of our data, seven years …….
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