If you are interested in cashing in on CEI Limited’s (SGX:AVV) upcoming dividend of S$0.04 per share, you only have 2 days left to buy the shares before its ex-dividend date, 13 August 2018, in time for dividends payable on the 24 August 2018. Should you diversify into CEI and boost your portfolio income stream? Well, keep on reading because today, 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 CEI
How I analyze a dividend stock
When assessing a stock as a potential addition to my dividend Portfolio, I look at these five areas:
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Is its annual yield among the top 25% of dividend-paying companies?
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Has it consistently paid a stable dividend without missing a payment or drastically cutting payout?
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Has dividend per share amount increased over the past?
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Is its earnings sufficient to payout dividend at the current rate?
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Will it be able to continue to payout at the current rate in the future?
Does CEI pass our checks?
The current trailing twelve-month payout ratio for the stock is 19.00%, meaning the dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Going forward, analysts expect AVV’s payout to increase to 100.00% of its earnings, which leads to a dividend yield of 10.02%. Moreover, EPS should increase to SGD0.095. The higher payout forecasted, along with higher earnings, should lead to greater dividend income for investors moving forward. However this does bring about uncertainty around the sustainability of the payout ratio.
If there is one thing that you want to be reliable in your life, it’s dividend stocks and their constant income stream. Although AVV’s per share payments have increased in the past 10 years, it has not been a completely smooth ride. Shareholders would have seen a few years of reduced payments in this time.
Compared to its peers, CEI generates a yield of 7.71%, which is high for Electronic stocks.
Next Steps:
Considering the dividend attributes we analyzed above, CEI is definitely worth keeping an eye on for someone looking to build a dedicated income portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, you should always research extensively before deciding whether or not a stock is an appropriate investment for you. I always recommend analysing the company’s fundamentals and underlying business before making an investment decision. I’ve put together three important factors you should look at:
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Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for AVV’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for AVV’s outlook.
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Valuation: What is AVV 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 AVV is currently mispriced by the market.
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Other 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.