TietoEVRY Oyj's (HEL:TIETO) Dividend Will Be Increased To €0.66

TietoEVRY Oyj's (HEL:TIETO) dividend will be increasing to €0.66 on 6th of October. This will take the dividend yield from 4.6% to 4.6%, providing a nice boost to shareholder returns.

Check out our latest analysis for TietoEVRY Oyj

TietoEVRY Oyj's Earnings Easily Cover the Distributions

If the payments aren't sustainable, a high yield for a few years won't matter that much. Prior to this announcement, TietoEVRY Oyj's dividend was comfortably covered by both cash flow and earnings. This indicates that quite a large proportion of earnings is being invested back into the business.

Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to rise by 13.5% over the next year. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 61%, which is in the range that makes us comfortable with the sustainability of the dividend.

Dividend Volatility

The company has a long dividend track record, but it doesn't look great with cuts in the past. The dividend has gone from €0.70 in 2011 to the most recent annual payment of €1.32. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 6.5% over that duration. A reasonable rate of dividend growth is good to see, but we're wary that the dividend history is not as solid as we'd like, having been cut at least once.

We Could See TietoEVRY Oyj's Dividend Growing

Growing earnings per share could be a mitigating factor when considering the past fluctuations in the dividend. We are encouraged to see that TietoEVRY Oyj has grown earnings per share at 5.1% per year over the past five years. Since earnings per share is growing at an acceptable rate, and the payout policy is balanced, we think the company is positioning itself well to grow earnings and dividends in the future.

Our Thoughts On TietoEVRY Oyj's Dividend

Overall, it's great to see the dividend being raised and that it is still in a sustainable range. The dividend has been at reasonable levels historically, but that hasn't translated into a consistent payment. The payment isn't stellar, but it could make a decent addition to a dividend portfolio.

Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. However, there are other things to consider for investors when analysing stock performance. As an example, we've identified 2 warning signs for TietoEVRY Oyj that you should be aware of before investing. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high performing dividend stock.

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