HAL Trust Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 2/6

HAL Trust is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 2.52% that is well covered by earnings.

Key information

2.5%

Dividend yield

0.03%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield	2.5%
Future Dividend Yield	2.4%
Dividend Growth	-6.0%
Next dividend pay date	n/a
Ex dividend date	n/a
Dividend per share	€2.850
Payout ratio	26%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: HALA's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: HALA's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.

Dividend Yield vs Market

HAL Trust Dividend Yield vs Market

How does HALA dividend yield compare to the market?
Segment	Dividend Yield
Company (HALA)	2.5%
Market Bottom 25% (GB)	2.1%
Market Top 25% (GB)	5.8%
Industry Average (Diversified Financial)	6.8%
Analyst forecast (HALA) (up to 3 years)	2.4%

Notable Dividend: HALA's dividend (2.52%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (2.1%).

High Dividend: HALA's dividend (2.52%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (5.68%).

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (25.5%), HALA's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate HALA's cash payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by cash flows.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/18 03:53
End of Day Share Price	2024/11/13 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

HAL Trust is covered by 5 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Lotte Timmermans	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Pierre-Yves Gauthier	AlphaValue
Wouter VANDERHAEGHEN	KBC Securities NV