We also introduce cash - flow - based measurements, such
as free cash flow yield, that can be combined with traditional dividend measurements to provide additional insight into the quality of dividends.
Since the amount of dividends paid is shown on a company's cash flow statement, another accepted measure is to use cash flow related fundamentals, such
as free cash flow yield, to provide additional insight on company's financial condition.
Not exact matches
Dividend
yields from companies with low or negative
free cash flow can not be trusted
as much because they may not be able to sustain their dividend for much longer.
The methodology provides a well - screened group of stocks that also delivers
yields greater than the market (S&P 500
yields ~ 2 % while the stocks in our portfolio have an average
yield of 6.5 %), safety in the sustainability of the
yield because of strong
free cash flow, and the potential for capital gains
as each stock is currently undervalued.
With fundamental results coming in largely
as expected during the year, we believe the stock price decline was primarily due to industry and market pressures on its peer group, and we believe the current high
free cash flow yield makes the stock an attractive investment.
Fortunately for investors, GM has generated a cumulative $ 16 billion in
free cash flow over the past four years, more than enough to cover its 4 % dividend
yield,
as shown in Figure 4.
And here is the second try: Gross margins
as a ratio of Assets over 13 %,
free cash flow yield over 5 %, Long - term debt
as a ratio of
free cash flow greater than five, less than 20 % above the 52 - week low.
The companies that actually do buybacks,
as opposed to merely announcing them, do very well, and that is intensified for those that buy back stock at high
free cash flow yields.
As a group, they
yield 3.25 % with relatively low payout ratios, healthy balance sheets, and a stable and growing earnings and
free cash flow base that should allow for steady dividend increases over time.
Everything else — sales, earnings, EBITDA,
free cash flow, total
yield — has been a better indicator of value since book to price was first held out
as the defining value factor.
The P / E ratio —
as well
as the dividend
yield, enterprise - value - to -
free -
cash -
flow ratio,
As displayed in Exhibit 2, the portfolio's 3.57 % average dividend
yield was supported by a 9.5 % average
free cash flow yield, compared with the benchmark's 1.99 % average dividend
yield funded by 4.87 % average
free cash flow yield over the sampled history.
The integrated value is the product of dividend
yield score and
free cash flow yield score, each of which is computed
as transforming the standardized fundamental data to cumulative normal distribution, in the range of 0 to 1.