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Lorne Park Capital Partners (CVE:LPC) Is Increasing Its Dividend To CA$0.006

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Lorne Park Capital Partners Inc.'s (CVE:LPC) dividend will be increasing on the 29th of July to CA$0.006, with investors receiving 20% more than last year. Based on the announced payment, the dividend yield for the company will be 1.8%, which is fairly typical for the industry.

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Lorne Park Capital Partners' Earnings Easily Cover the Distributions

Solid dividend yields are great, but they only really help us if the payment is sustainable. The last dividend was quite easily covered by Lorne Park Capital Partners' earnings. This indicates that quite a large proportion of earnings is being invested back into the business.

Over the next year, EPS could expand by 63.3% if recent trends continue. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 36%, which is in the range that makes us comfortable with the sustainability of the dividend.

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TSXV:LPC Historic Dividend July 9th 2022

Lorne Park Capital Partners Is Still Building Its Track Record

The company hasn't been paying a dividend for very long at all, so we can't really make a judgement on how stable the dividend has been. This doesn't mean that the company can't pay a good dividend, but just that we want to wait until it can prove itself.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

Investors who have held shares in the company for the past few years will be happy with the dividend income they have received. Lorne Park Capital Partners has seen EPS rising for the last five years, at 63% per annum. The company doesn't have any problems growing, despite returning a lot of capital to shareholders, which is a very nice combination for a dividend stock to have.

We Really Like Lorne Park Capital Partners' Dividend

Overall, a dividend increase is always good, and we think that Lorne Park Capital Partners is a strong income stock thanks to its track record and growing earnings. The company is easily earning enough to cover its dividend payments and it is great to see that these earnings are being translated into cash flow. 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. Meanwhile, despite the importance of dividend payments, they are not the only factors our readers should know when assessing a company. For example, we've picked out 2 warning signs for Lorne Park Capital Partners that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. Looking for more high-yielding dividend ideas? Try our collection of strong dividend payers.

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