Yurtec (TSE:1934) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of ¥23.00

Yurtec Corporation's (TSE:1934) investors are due to receive a payment of ¥23.00 per share on 2nd of December. Based on this payment, the dividend yield for the company will be 3.1%, which is fairly typical for the industry.

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Yurtec's Dividend Is Well Covered By Earnings

Unless the payments are sustainable, the dividend yield doesn't mean too much. Before making this announcement, Yurtec was paying a whopping 307% as a dividend, but this only made up 28% of its overall earnings. A cash payout ratio this high could put the dividend under pressure and force the company to reduce it in the future if it were to run into tough times.

Looking forward, earnings per share could rise by 2.5% over the next year if the trend from the last few years continues. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we think the payout ratio could be 52% by next year, which is in a pretty sustainable range.

Dividend Volatility

While the company has been paying a dividend for a long time, it has cut the dividend at least once in the last 10 years. Since 2014, the dividend has gone from ¥10.00 total annually to ¥46.00. This works out to be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 16% a year over that time. Despite the rapid growth in the dividend over the past number of years, we have seen the payments go down the past as well, so that makes us cautious.

The Dividend's Growth Prospects Are Limited

With a relatively unstable dividend, it's even more important to see if earnings per share is growing. However, Yurtec has only grown its earnings per share at 2.5% per annum over the past five years. While growth may be thin on the ground, Yurtec could always pay out a higher proportion of earnings to increase shareholder returns.

In Summary

Overall, we always like to see the dividend being raised, but we don't think Yurtec will make a great income stock. While Yurtec is earning enough to cover the payments, the cash flows are lacking. We would be a touch cautious of relying on this stock primarily for the dividend income.

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 2 warning signs for Yurtec that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. Is Yurtec not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.

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