Orion Oyj's (HEL:ORNBV) Dividend Will Be €0.82

Orion Oyj (HEL:ORNBV) will pay a dividend of €0.82 on the 23rd of October. The payment will take the dividend yield to 2.4%, which is in line with the average for the industry.

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Orion Oyj's Payment Could Potentially Have Solid Earnings Coverage

Unless the payments are sustainable, the dividend yield doesn't mean too much. The last payment was quite easily covered by earnings, but it made up 106% of cash flows. While the company may be more focused on returning cash to shareholders than growing the business at this time, we think that a cash payout ratio this high might expose the dividend to being cut if the business ran into some challenges.

Over the next year, EPS is forecast to expand by 52.1%. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 41%, which is in the range that makes us comfortable with the sustainability of the dividend.

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Orion Oyj Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The dividend has gone from an annual total of €1.30 in 2015 to the most recent total annual payment of €1.64. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 2.4% over that duration. Dividends have grown relatively slowly, which is not great, but some investors may value the relative consistency of the dividend.

The Dividend Has Growth Potential

The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. Orion Oyj has seen EPS rising for the last five years, at 7.7% per annum. The lack of cash flows does make us a bit cautious though, especially when it comes to the future of the dividend.

In Summary

Overall, this is probably not a great income stock, even though the dividend is being raised at the moment. While Orion Oyj is earning enough to cover the payments, the cash flows are lacking. We would probably look elsewhere for an income investment.

Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. Still, investors need to consider a host of other factors, apart from dividend payments, when analysing a company. For example, we've picked out 1 warning sign for Orion Oyj that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. Is Orion Oyj not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.

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