Income Investors Should Know That Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon
It looks like Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ) is about to go ex-dividend in the next 4 days. You can purchase shares before the 10th of May in order to receive the dividend, which the company will pay on the 3rd of June.
Invesco's next dividend payment will be US$0.17 per share. Last year, in total, the company distributed US$0.62 to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, Invesco has a trailing yield of 2.3% on the current stock price of $27.54. 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 check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.
See our latest analysis for Invesco
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. Fortunately Invesco's payout ratio is modest, at just 41% of profit.
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 the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Businesses with shrinking earnings are tricky from a dividend perspective. If business enters a downturn and the dividend is cut, the company could see its value fall precipitously. Invesco's earnings per share have fallen at approximately 7.3% a year over the previous five years. Such a sharp decline casts doubt on the future sustainability of the dividend.
The main way most investors will assess a company's dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. In the last 10 years, Invesco has lifted its dividend by approximately 3.5% a year on average.
The Bottom Line
Should investors buy Invesco for the upcoming dividend? Earnings per share have shrunk noticeably in recent years, although we like that the company has a low payout ratio. This could suggest a cut to the dividend may not be a major risk in the near future. It might be worth researching if the company is reinvesting in growth projects that could grow earnings and dividends in the future, but for now we're on the fence about its dividend prospects.
If you're not too concerned about Invesco's ability to pay dividends, you should still be mindful of some of the other risks that this business faces. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Invesco you should be aware of.
We wouldn't recommend just buying the first dividend stock you see, though. Here's a list of interesting dividend stocks with a greater than 2% yield and an upcoming dividend.
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