Life (TSE:8194) Has Announced A Dividend Of ¥50.00

Life Corporation (TSE:8194) has announced that it will pay a dividend of ¥50.00 per share on the 26th of May. The dividend yield will be 2.9% based on this payment which is still above the industry average.

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Life's Future Dividend Projections Appear Well Covered By Earnings

Impressive dividend yields are good, but this doesn't matter much if the payments can't be sustained. However, Life's earnings easily 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 5.2% over the next year. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 29% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.

Life Has A Solid Track Record

The company has an extended history of paying stable dividends. The annual payment during the last 10 years was ¥25.00 in 2014, and the most recent fiscal year payment was ¥100.00. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 15% over that duration. So, dividends have been growing pretty quickly, and even more impressively, they haven't experienced any notable falls during this period.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. Life has impressed us by growing EPS at 16% per year over the past five years. With a decent amount of growth and a low payout ratio, we think this bodes well for Life's prospects of growing its dividend payments in the future.

We Really Like Life's Dividend

Overall, we like to see the dividend staying consistent, and we think Life might even raise payments in the future. Earnings are easily covering distributions, and the company is generating plenty of cash. All of these factors considered, we think this has solid potential as a dividend stock.

Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. Meanwhile, despite the importance of dividend payments, they are not the only factors our readers should know when assessing a company. Earnings growth generally bodes well for the future value of company dividend payments. See if the 4 Life analysts we track are forecasting continued growth with our free report on analyst estimates for the company. Is Life not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.

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