J. Kumar Infraprojects (NSE:JKIL) Is Increasing Its Dividend To ₹4.00

J. Kumar Infraprojects Limited (NSE:JKIL) will increase its dividend from last year's comparable payment on the 24th of October to ₹4.00. This makes the dividend yield about the same as the industry average at 0.5%.

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J. Kumar Infraprojects' Earnings Easily Cover The Distributions

While it is always good to see a solid dividend yield, we should also consider whether the payment is feasible. Before making this announcement, J. Kumar Infraprojects was easily earning enough to cover the dividend. This means that most of its earnings are being retained to grow the business.

Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to rise by 57.1% over the next year. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 6.0%, 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. Since 2014, the annual payment back then was ₹1.75, compared to the most recent full-year payment of ₹4.00. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 8.6% per annum over that time. 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.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

Growing earnings per share could be a mitigating factor when considering the past fluctuations in the dividend. We are encouraged to see that J. Kumar Infraprojects has grown earnings per share at 14% per year over the past five years. J. Kumar Infraprojects definitely has the potential to grow its dividend in the future with earnings on an uptrend and a low payout ratio.

J. Kumar Infraprojects Looks Like A Great Dividend Stock

Overall, we think this could be an attractive income stock, and it is only getting better by paying a higher dividend this year. Distributions are quite easily covered by earnings, which are also being converted to cash flows. All in all, this checks a lot of the boxes we look for when choosing an income stock.

Companies possessing a stable dividend policy will likely enjoy greater investor interest than those suffering from a more inconsistent approach. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. For example, we've picked out 2 warning signs for J. Kumar Infraprojects that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.

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