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Readers hoping to buy New Toyo International Holdings Ltd (SGX:N08) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is about to trade ex-dividend. Typically, the ex-dividend date is one business day before the record date which is the date on which a company determines the shareholders eligible to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is of consequence because whenever a stock is bought or sold, the trade takes at least two business day to settle. Thus, you can purchase New Toyo International Holdings' shares before the 5th of May in order to receive the dividend, which the company will pay on the 18th of May.
The company's next dividend payment will be S$0.009 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of S$0.018 to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, New Toyo International Holdings has a trailing yield of 8.4% on the current stock price of SGD0.215. If you buy this business for its dividend, you should have an idea of whether New Toyo International Holdings's dividend is reliable and sustainable. So we need to check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.
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Dividends are usually paid out of company profits, so if a company pays out more than it earned then its dividend is usually at greater risk of being cut. Its dividend payout ratio is 79% of profit, which means the company is paying out a majority of its earnings. The relatively limited profit reinvestment could slow the rate of future earnings growth. We'd be worried about the risk of a drop in earnings. Yet cash flows are even more important than profits for assessing a dividend, so we need to see if the company generated enough cash to pay its distribution. Fortunately, it paid out only 41% of its free cash flow in the past year.
It's positive to see that New Toyo International Holdings's dividend is covered by both profits and cash flow, since this is generally a sign that the dividend is sustainable, and a lower payout ratio usually suggests a greater margin of safety before the dividend gets cut.
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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. It's encouraging to see New Toyo International Holdings has grown its earnings rapidly, up 30% a year for the past five years. The company is paying out more than three-quarters of its earnings, but it is also generating strong earnings growth.