Does Sasken Technologies Limited (NSE:SASKEN) Have A Place In Your Portfolio?

Dividends play a key role in compounding returns over time and can form a large part of our portfolio return. Historically, Sasken Technologies Limited (NSE:SASKEN) has been paying a dividend to shareholders. Today it yields 1.9%. Does Sasken Technologies tick all the boxes of a great dividend stock? Below, I'll take you through my analysis.

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5 checks you should do on a dividend stock

If you are a dividend investor, you should always assess these five key metrics:

• Is their annual yield among the top 25% of dividend payers?
• Has its dividend been stable over the past (i.e. no missed payments or significant payout cuts)?
• Has dividend per share amount increased over the past?
• Can it afford to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
• Will the company be able to keep paying dividend based on the future earnings growth?

How well does Sasken Technologies fit our criteria?

The company currently pays out 18% of its earnings as a dividend, according to its trailing twelve-month data, meaning the dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. In the near future, analysts are predicting a higher payout ratio of 38% which, assuming the share price stays the same, leads to a dividend yield of around 3.8%. Moreover, EPS should increase to ₹57.89. The higher payout forecasted, along with higher earnings, should lead to greater dividend income for investors moving forward.

If you want to dive deeper into the sustainability of a certain payout ratio, you may wish to consider the cash flow of the business. A company with strong cash flow, relative to earnings, can sometimes sustain a high pay out ratio.

If there is one thing that you want to be reliable in your life, it's dividend stocks and their constant income stream. Although SASKEN's per share payments have increased in the past 10 years, it has not been a completely smooth ride. Shareholders would have seen a few years of reduced payments in this time.

Compared to its peers, Sasken Technologies has a yield of 1.9%, which is on the low-side for Software stocks.

Next Steps:

With this in mind, I definitely rank Sasken Technologies as a strong dividend stock, and makes it worth further research for anyone who likes steady income generation from their portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, I urge potential investors to try and get a good understanding of the underlying business and its fundamentals before deciding on an investment. There are three pertinent aspects you should further examine:

1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for SASKEN’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for SASKEN’s outlook.
2. Valuation: What is SASKEN worth today? Even if the stock is a cash cow, it's not worth an infinite price. The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether SASKEN is currently mispriced by the market.
3. Other Dividend Rockstars: Are there better dividend payers with stronger fundamentals out there? Check out our free list of these great stocks here.

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