There's usually two
kinds of futures dividend - protected and unprotected (see below)
And in order to get a feel for what
kind of future dividend growth to expect, we must first build an expectation of underlying business growth.
Not exact matches
They may also want a way to exit their investment at some point in the
future or earn some
kind of dividend along the way.
Now, I wouldn't expect that
kind of dividend growth to continue indefinitely, but strong underlying business growth should continue to fuel double - digit annual raises for the foreseeable
future.
But a look at a company's retained earnings can help us get a handle on what
kind of dividend growth to expect going forward into the
future.
In order to really build that
future dividend growth expectation, though, we must look at what
kind of underlying business growth the company is generating.
I am looking for a portfolio that would be indexed ETF based and also bring decend amount
of dividend that could be drip in the
future... would that
kind of portfolio a solution?
While I wouldn't expect that
kind of dividend growth to continue on for the foreseeable
future, as much
of this growth was propelled by a growing payout ratio, the current payout ratio
of 45.3 % still leaves a lot
of room for continued
dividend increases, even increases that exceed the rate
of underlying profit growth for the next few years.
Now, I wouldn't expect that
kind of dividend growth to continue indefinitely, but strong underlying business growth should continue to fuel double - digit annual raises for the foreseeable
future.
Blending the known past and estimated
future in this fashion should allow us to home in on what
kind of overall business growth Realty Income is capable
of, which should more or less translate into
dividend growth.
Blending the known past and estimated
future in this manner should give us a pretty good idea as to what
kind of overall business and
dividend growth Enbridge is capable
of.
The first -
of - its -
kind proposal asked Chevron to increase
dividend payments to shareholders instead
of spending so much on unconventional oil, tar sands and other projects that could be rendered unprofitable by
future climate policies or a related drop in oil prices.