Yahoo Finance Here's What We Like About CF Bankshares' (NASDAQ:CFBK) Upcoming Dividend
Readers hoping to buy CF Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CFBK) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is about to trade ex-dividend. The ex-dividend date occurs one day before the record date which is the day on which shareholders need to be on the company's books in order to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is important as the process of settlement involves two full business days. So if you miss that date, you would not show up on the company's books on the record date. Therefore, if you purchase CF Bankshares' shares on or after the 13th of January, you won't be eligible to receive the dividend, when it is paid on the 31st of January.
The company's upcoming dividend is US$0.05 a share, following on from the last 12 months, when the company distributed a total of US$0.20 per share to shareholders. Last year's total dividend payments show that CF Bankshares has a trailing yield of 0.9% on the current share price of $21.37. Dividends are an important source of income to many shareholders, but the health of the business is crucial to maintaining those dividends. So we need to investigate whether CF Bankshares can afford its dividend, and if the dividend could grow.
Check out our latest analysis for CF Bankshares
Dividends are usually paid out of company profits, so if a company pays out more than it earned then its dividend is usually at greater risk of being cut. CF Bankshares is paying out just 6.1% of its profit after tax, which is comfortably low and leaves plenty of breathing room in the case of adverse events.
When a company paid out less in dividends than it earned in profit, this generally suggests its dividend is affordable. The lower the % of its profit that it pays out, the greater the margin of safety for the dividend if the business enters a downturn.
Click here to see how much of its profit CF Bankshares paid out over the last 12 months.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Stocks in companies that generate sustainable earnings growth often make the best dividend prospects, as it is easier to lift the dividend when earnings are rising. If business enters a downturn and the dividend is cut, the company could see its value fall precipitously. That's why it's comforting to see CF Bankshares's earnings have been skyrocketing, up 60% per annum for the past five years.
Many investors will assess a company's dividend performance by evaluating how much the dividend payments have changed over time. CF Bankshares has delivered 29% dividend growth per year on average over the past two years. Both per-share earnings and dividends have both been growing rapidly in recent times, which is great to see.
Final Takeaway
Has CF Bankshares got what it takes to maintain its dividend payments? When companies are growing rapidly and retaining a majority of the profits within the business, it's usually a sign that reinvesting earnings creates more value than paying dividends to shareholders. This is one of the most attractive investment combinations under this analysis, as it can create substantial value for investors over the long run. Overall, CF Bankshares looks like a promising dividend stock in this analysis, and we think it would be worth investigating further.
Want to learn more about CF Bankshares? Here's a visualisation of its historical rate of revenue and earnings growth.
Generally, we wouldn't recommend just buying the first dividend stock you see. Here's a curated list of interesting stocks that are strong dividend payers.
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