PM has a good yield but nothing exceptional given
very high payout ratios for both eps and fcf.
Not exact matches
As such, dividend growth in the next few years certainly won't match that last few, but I'm
very content with that given the exceedingly
high current yield, my
high confidence in Textainer to ride the storm through to better times, and ultra-safe P / E and reasonable
payout ratio.
While this would be a relatively
high payout ratio for many types of businesses, Digital Realty has generated
very stable earnings and growth since it went public.
Banks feel
very strong about their dividends and even in the event of 20 % miss and
higher than usual
payout ratio, it is
very unlikely that they will cut dividends.
I was quite surprised to see
very little consistency among Hershey's
payout ratios, especially since the demand for their product has increased over the time period and they have strong pricing power with customers willing to pay
higher prices.
And with dividend
payouts for the broad stock market now below 2 % and the average domestic - stock fund's expense
ratio more than 1 %, it's easy to see how the math can get
very ugly
very fast for investors in
high - cost dividend - focused funds.
Because most stocks, even the
high dividend payers among
high quality companies, have a
very low
payout ratio by historical standards, today's dividends are more secure than in the past.
CA has a low
payout ratio (note; it will increase due to the huge dividend growth in 2012) combined with a
very high margin (28 - 29 %) is a great combination for any dividend growth stock.
The company ranks
very highly using The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing thanks to its extremely
high dividend yield, solid growth rate, fairly low
payout ratio, and long dividend history.