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Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it's exciting to see Husys Consulting Limited (NSE:HUSYSLTD) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 2 days. If you purchase the stock on or after the 18th of July, you won't be eligible to receive this dividend, when it is paid on the 25th of August.
Husys Consulting's next dividend payment will be ₹1.00 per share. Last year, in total, the company distributed ₹1.00 to shareholders. Looking at the last 12 months of distributions, Husys Consulting has a trailing yield of approximately 3.3% on its current stock price of ₹30. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only if the dividend continues to be paid. We need to see whether the dividend is covered by earnings and if it's growing.
View our latest analysis for Husys Consulting
If a company pays out more in dividends than it earned, then the dividend might become unsustainable - hardly an ideal situation. Husys Consulting is paying out just 15% of its profit after tax, which is comfortably low and leaves plenty of breathing room in the case of adverse events.
Click here to see how much of its profit Husys Consulting paid out over the last 12 months.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Companies with consistently growing earnings per share generally make the best dividend stocks, as they usually find it easier to grow dividends per share. 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 Husys Consulting's earnings have been skyrocketing, up 21% per annum for the past five years.
Husys Consulting earnings per share have been sprinting ahead like the Road Runner at a track and field day; scarcely stopping even for a cheeky "beep-beep". We also like that it is reinvesting most of its profits in its business.
Many investors will assess a company's dividend performance by evaluating how much the dividend payments have changed over time. Husys Consulting has delivered 41% dividend growth per year on average over the past 2 years. Both per-share earnings and dividends have both been growing rapidly in recent times, which is great to see.
The Bottom Line
Has Husys Consulting got what it takes to maintain its dividend payments? Husys Consulting has been growing earnings at a rapid rate, and has a conservatively low payout ratio, implying that it is reinvesting heavily in its business; a sterling combination. Husys Consulting looks solid on this analysis overall, and we'd definitely consider investigating it more closely.