Baldwin & Lyons Inc (NASDAQ:BWIN.B) Is An Attractive Dividend Stock, Here’s Why
There is a lot to be liked about Baldwin & Lyons Inc (NASDAQ:BWIN.B) as an income stock, over the past 10 years it has returned an average of 4.00% per year. The company is currently worth US$352.66M, and now yields roughly 4.74%. Should it have a place in your portfolio? Let’s take a look at Baldwin & Lyons in more detail. View our latest analysis for Baldwin & Lyons
5 questions I ask before picking a dividend stock
When assessing a stock as a potential addition to my dividend Portfolio, I look at these five areas:
Is its annual yield among the top 25% of dividend-paying companies?
Does it consistently pay out dividends without missing a payment or significantly cutting payout?
Has dividend per share amount increased over the past?
Does earnings amply cover its dividend payments?
Based on future earnings growth, will it be able to continue to payout dividend at the current rate?
How does Baldwin & Lyons fare?
The company currently pays out 88.80% of its earnings as a dividend, according to its trailing twelve-month data, which means that the dividend is covered by earnings. Furthermore, analysts have not forecasted a dividends per share for the future, which makes it hard to determine the yield shareholders should expect, and whether the current payout is sustainable, moving forward. Reliablity is an important factor for dividend stocks, particularly for income investors who want a strong track record of payment and a positive outlook for future payout. BWIN.B has increased its DPS from $1 to $1.12 in the past 10 years. It has also been paying out dividend consistently during this time, as you’d expect for a company increasing its dividend levels. These are all positive signs of a great, reliable dividend stock. Compared to its peers, Baldwin & Lyons generates a yield of 4.74%, which is high for Insurance stocks.
Next Steps:
Keeping in mind the dividend characteristics above, Baldwin & Lyons is definitely worth considering for investors looking to build a dedicated income portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, I urge potential investors to try and get a good understanding of the underlying business and its fundamentals before deciding on an investment. I’ve put together three important factors you should further research:
Valuation: What is BWIN.B 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 BWIN.B is currently mispriced by the market.
Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Baldwin & Lyons’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
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 pass 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.
