Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT): Dividend Is Coming In 2 Days, Should You Buy?
On the 16 July 2018, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) will be paying shareholders an upcoming dividend amount of US$0.12 per share. However, investors must have bought the company’s stock before 28 June 2018 in order to qualify for the payment. That means you have only 2 days left! Should you diversify into Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and boost your portfolio income stream? Well, keep on reading because today, I’m going to look at the latest data and analyze the stock and its dividend property in further detail. See our latest analysis for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
5 questions to ask before buying a dividend stock
If you are a dividend investor, you should always assess these five key metrics:
Is its annual yield among the top 25% of dividend-paying companies?
Does it consistently pay out dividends without missing a payment of significantly cutting payout?
Has the amount of dividend per share grown over the past?
Is its earnings sufficient to payout dividend at the current rate?
Will the company be able to keep paying dividend based on the future earnings growth?
How does Cross Timbers Royalty Trust fare?
The company currently pays out 100.00% of its earnings as a dividend, according to its trailing twelve-month data, which means that the dividend is not well-covered by its 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.
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. Not only have dividend payouts from Cross Timbers Royalty Trust fallen over the past 10 years, it has also been highly volatile during this time, with drops of over 25% in some years. These characteristics do not bode well for income investors seeking reliable stream of dividends.
Relative to peers, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust generates a yield of 8.60%, which is high for Oil and Gas stocks.
Next Steps:
Now you know to keep in mind the reason why investors should be careful investing in Cross Timbers Royalty Trust for the dividend. On the other hand, if you are not strictly just a dividend investor, the stock could still be offering some interesting investment opportunities. 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 examine:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for CRT’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for CRT’s outlook.
Valuation: What is CRT 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 CRT is currently mispriced by the market.
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.
