Yahoo Finance D.R. Horton's (NYSE:DHI) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year
The board of D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) has announced that it will be paying its dividend of $0.25 on the 12th of December, an increased payment from last year's comparable dividend. Even though the dividend went up, the yield is still quite low at only 1.2%.
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D.R. Horton's Earnings Easily Cover The Distributions
The dividend yield is a little bit low, but sustainability of the payments is also an important part of evaluating an income stock. But before making this announcement, D.R. Horton's earnings quite easily covered the dividend. The business is earning enough to make the dividend feasible, but the cash payout ratio of 83% shows that most of the cash is going back to the shareholders, which could constrain growth prospects going forward.
Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to fall by 38.3% over the next year. Assuming the dividend continues along recent trends, we believe the payout ratio could be 10%, which we are pretty comfortable with and we think is feasible on an earnings basis.
D.R. Horton Has A Solid Track Record
The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. Since 2012, the dividend has gone from $0.15 total annually to $1.00. This works out to be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 21% a year over that time. Rapidly growing dividends for a long time is a very valuable feature for an income stock.
The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow
The company's investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. We are encouraged to see that D.R. Horton has grown earnings per share at 44% per year over the past five years. Earnings have been growing rapidly, and with a low payout ratio we think that the company could turn out to be a great dividend stock.
Our Thoughts On D.R. Horton's Dividend
In summary, it's great to see that the company can raise the dividend and keep it in a sustainable range. On the plus side, the dividend looks sustainable by most measures but it is let down by the lack of cash flows. The payment isn't stellar, but it could make a decent addition to a dividend portfolio.
Companies possessing a stable dividend policy will likely enjoy greater investor interest than those suffering from a more inconsistent approach. Still, investors need to consider a host of other factors, apart from dividend payments, when analysing a company. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for D.R. Horton (of which 2 don't sit too well with us!) you should know about. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.
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