TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.71

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE:TEL) has announced that it will be increasing its periodic dividend on the 10th of June to $0.71, which will be 9.2% higher than last year's comparable payment amount of $0.65. This takes the dividend yield to 1.9%, which shareholders will be pleased with.

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TE Connectivity's Projected Earnings Seem Likely To Cover Future Distributions

A big dividend yield for a few years doesn't mean much if it can't be sustained. Based on the last payment, TE Connectivity was quite comfortably earning enough to cover the dividend. 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 46.6%. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 30% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.

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TE Connectivity Has A Solid Track Record

The company has an extended history of paying stable dividends. Since 2015, the annual payment back then was $1.16, compared to the most recent full-year payment of $2.60. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 8.4% over that duration. The dividend has been growing very nicely for a number of years, and has given its shareholders some nice income in their portfolios.

We Could See TE Connectivity's Dividend Growing

Investors who have held shares in the company for the past few years will be happy with the dividend income they have received. We are encouraged to see that TE Connectivity has grown earnings per share at 6.4% per year over the past five years. Earnings are on the uptrend, and it is only paying a small portion of those earnings to shareholders.

TE Connectivity Looks Like A Great Dividend Stock

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. Taking this all into consideration, this looks like it could be a good dividend opportunity.

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