Ctac (AMS:CTAC) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At €0.11

Ctac N.V.'s (AMS:CTAC) dividend will be increasing to €0.11 on 24th of May. This takes the dividend yield from 2.7% to 2.7%, which shareholders will be pleased with.

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Ctac's Earnings Easily Cover the Distributions

A big dividend yield for a few years doesn't mean much if it can't be sustained. However, prior to this announcement, Ctac's dividend was comfortably covered by both cash flow and earnings. This means that most of what the business earns is being used to help it grow.

Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to rise by 0.8% over the next year. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we think the payout ratio could be 36% by next year, which is in a pretty sustainable range.

Ctac Doesn't Have A Long Payment History

Ctac's dividend has been pretty stable for a little while now, but we will continue to be cautious until it has been demonstrated for a few more years. Since 2016, the first annual payment was €0.057, compared to the most recent full-year payment of €0.11. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 12% over that duration. The dividend has been growing rapidly, however with such a short payment history we can't know for sure if payment can continue to grow over the long term, so caution may be warranted.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. We are encouraged to see that Ctac has grown earnings per share at 10% per year over the past five years. Ctac definitely has the potential to grow its dividend in the future with earnings on an uptrend and a low payout ratio.

We Really Like Ctac's Dividend

Overall, we think this could be an attractive income stock, and it is only getting better by paying a higher dividend this year. 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.

Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. However, there are other things to consider for investors when analysing stock performance. For example, we've picked out 2 warning signs for Ctac that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.

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