Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de (BMV:BOLSAA) Is Reducing Its Dividend To MX$2.05

The board of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:BOLSAA) has announced it will be reducing its dividend by 3.3% from last year's payment of MX$2.12 on the 12th of May, with shareholders receiving MX$2.05. This means the annual payment is 5.2% of the current stock price, which is above the average for the industry.

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Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de's Projected Earnings Seem Likely To Cover Future Distributions

If the payments aren't sustainable, a high yield for a few years won't matter that much. Before this announcement, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de was paying out 80% of earnings, but a comparatively small 61% of free cash flows. This leaves plenty of cash for reinvestment into the business.

EPS is set to fall by 2.6% over the next 12 months. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we think the payout ratio could reach 75%, which is definitely on the higher side.

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Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The dividend has gone from an annual total of MX$0.96 in 2015 to the most recent total annual payment of MX$2.12. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 8.3% per annum over that time. The growth of the dividend has been pretty reliable, so we think this can offer investors some nice additional income in their portfolio.

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de May Find It Hard To Grow The Dividend

The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. Earnings has been rising at 4.6% per annum over the last five years, which admittedly is a bit slow. There are exceptions, but limited earnings growth and a high payout ratio can signal that a company has reached maturity. When a company prefers to pay out cash to its shareholders instead of reinvesting it, this can often say a lot about that company's dividend prospects.

In Summary

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, but we still think the dividend is a bit high for comfort. We would be a touch cautious of relying on this stock primarily for the dividend income.

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