AXXZIA Inc.'s (TSE:4936) dividend is being reduced from last year's payment covering the same period to ¥5.00 on the 9th of April. However, the dividend yield of 1.7% still remains in a typical range for the industry.
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AXXZIA's Future Dividend Projections Appear Well Covered By Earnings
Unless the payments are sustainable, the dividend yield doesn't mean too much. The last dividend was quite easily covered by AXXZIA's earnings. This indicates that a lot of the earnings are being reinvested into the business, with the aim of fueling growth.
The next year is set to see EPS grow by 15.0%. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we think the payout ratio could be 40% by next year, which is in a pretty sustainable range.
AXXZIA's Dividend Has Lacked Consistency
Even in its short history, we have seen the dividend cut. The dividend has gone from an annual total of ¥14.00 in 2022 to the most recent total annual payment of ¥10.00. Dividend payments have fallen sharply, down 29% over that time. Generally, we don't like to see a dividend that has been declining over time as this can degrade shareholders' returns and indicate that the company may be running into problems.
Dividend Growth May Be Hard To Achieve
With a relatively unstable dividend, and a poor history of shrinking dividends, it's even more important to see if EPS is growing. Over the past five years, it looks as though AXXZIA's EPS has declined at around 3.9% a year. A modest decline in earnings isn't great, and it makes it quite unlikely that the dividend will grow in the future unless that trend can be reversed. Earnings are predicted to grow over the next year, but we would remain cautious until a track record of earnings growth is established.
Our Thoughts On AXXZIA's Dividend
Overall, it's not great to see that the dividend has been cut, but this might be explained by the payments being a bit high previously. The company is generating plenty of cash, which could maintain the dividend for a while, but the track record hasn't been great. This company is not in the top tier of income providing stocks.
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. Just as an example, we've come across 3 warning signs for AXXZIA you should be aware of, and 1 of them makes us a bit uncomfortable. Is AXXZIA not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.
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