AfroCentric Investment (JSE:ACT) Will Pay A Dividend Of R0.17

AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited's (JSE:ACT) investors are due to receive a payment of R0.17 per share on 15th of November. Based on this payment, the dividend yield on the company's stock will be 6.2%, which is an attractive boost to shareholder returns.

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AfroCentric Investment's Dividend Is Well Covered By Earnings

Impressive dividend yields are good, but this doesn't matter much if the payments can't be sustained. Prior to this announcement, AfroCentric Investment's dividend was comfortably covered by both cash flow and earnings. This indicates that quite a large proportion of earnings is being invested back into the business.

If the trend of the last few years continues, EPS will grow by 17.5% over the next 12 months. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 54% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.

AfroCentric Investment Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. Since 2011, the first annual payment was R0.09, compared to the most recent full-year payment of R0.34. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 14% per annum over that time. We can see that payments have shown some very nice upward momentum without faltering, which provides some reassurance that future payments will also be reliable.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

Investors could be attracted to the stock based on the quality of its payment history. AfroCentric Investment has impressed us by growing EPS at 18% per year over the past five years. The company is paying a reasonable amount of earnings to shareholders, and is growing earnings at a decent rate so we think it could be a decent dividend stock.

We Really Like AfroCentric Investment's Dividend

Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. 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.

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. See if management have their own wealth at stake, by checking insider shareholdings in AfroCentric Investment stock. Looking for more high-yielding dividend ideas? Try our curated list of strong dividend payers.

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