2 Days Left To Cash In On HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) Dividend, Should Investors Buy?
If you are interested in cashing in on HollyFrontier Corporation’s (NYSE:HFC) upcoming dividend of US$0.33 per share, you only have 2 days left to buy the shares before its ex-dividend date, 22 August 2018, in time for dividends payable on the 20 September 2018. Is this future income a persuasive enough catalyst for investors to think about HollyFrontier as an investment today? Below, I’m going to look at the latest data and analyze the stock and its dividend property in further detail.
Check out our latest analysis for HollyFrontier
5 questions I ask before picking a dividend stock
When researching a dividend stock, I always follow the following screening criteria:
Is it the top 25% annual dividend yield payer?
Has it consistently paid a stable dividend without missing a payment or drastically cutting payout?
Has it increased its dividend per share amount over the past?
Is is able to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
Will it have the ability to keep paying its dividends going forward?
How does HollyFrontier fare?
The company currently pays out 16.61% of its earnings as a dividend, according to its trailing twelve-month data, which means that the dividend is covered by earnings. Going forward, analysts expect HFC’s payout to increase to 20.32% of its earnings, which leads to a dividend yield of 1.99%. However, EPS is forecasted to fall to $6.33 in the upcoming year. Therefore, although payout is expected to increase, the fall in earnings may not equate to higher dividend income.
If dividend is a key criteria in your investment consideration, then you need to make sure the dividend stock you’re eyeing out is reliable in its payments. Although HFC’s per share payments have increased in the past 10 years, it has not been a completely smooth ride. Shareholders would have seen a few years of reduced payments in this time.
In terms of its peers, HollyFrontier generates a yield of 1.92%, which is on the low-side for Oil and Gas stocks.
Next Steps:
Keeping in mind the dividend characteristics above, HollyFrontier is definitely worth considering for investors looking to build a dedicated income portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, you should always research extensively before deciding whether or not a stock is an appropriate investment for you. I always recommend analysing the company’s fundamentals and underlying business before making an investment decision. There are three pertinent aspects you should further research:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for HFC’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for HFC’s outlook.
Valuation: What is HFC worth today? Even if the stock is a cash cow, it’s not worth an infinite price. The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether HFC is currently mispriced by the market.
Other Dividend Rockstars: Are there better dividend payers with stronger fundamentals out there? Check out our free list of these great stocks here.
To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.
