Tsuburaya Fields Holdings Inc. (TSE:2767) will pay a dividend of ¥50.00 on the 19th of June. This makes the dividend yield 2.7%, which will augment investor returns quite nicely.
While it is great to have a strong dividend yield, we should also consider whether the payment is sustainable. However, Tsuburaya Fields Holdings' earnings easily cover the dividend. This means that most of what the business earns is being used to help it grow.
EPS is set to fall by 2.5% over the next 12 months. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we believe the payout ratio could be 19%, which we are pretty comfortable with and we think is feasible on an earnings basis.
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The company's dividend history has been marked by instability, with at least one cut in the last 10 years. Since 2016, the dividend has gone from ¥25.00 total annually to ¥50.00. This means that it has been growing its distributions at 7.2% per annum over that time. We have seen cuts in the past, so while the growth looks promising we would be a little bit cautious about its track record.
With a relatively unstable dividend, it's even more important to evaluate if earnings per share is growing, which could point to a growing dividend in the future. Tsuburaya Fields Holdings has seen EPS rising for the last five years, at 50% per annum. Earnings per share is growing at a solid clip, and the payout ratio is low which we think is an ideal combination in a dividend stock as the company can quite easily raise the dividend in the future.
In summary, it is good to see that the dividend is staying consistent, and we don't think there is any reason to suspect this might change over the medium term. The company is generating plenty of cash, and the earnings also quite easily cover the distributions. If earnings do fall over the next 12 months, the dividend could be buffeted a little bit, but we don't think it should cause too much of a problem in the long term. All in all, this checks a lot of the boxes we look for when choosing an income stock.
It's important to note that companies having a consistent dividend policy will generate greater investor confidence than those having an erratic one. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. To that end, Tsuburaya Fields Holdings has 2 warning signs (and 1 which can't be ignored) we think you should know about. Is Tsuburaya Fields Holdings not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.
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