Is People’s Utah Bancorp (NASDAQ:PUB) A Strong Dividend Stock?
Dividends play a key role in compounding returns over time and can form a large part of our portfolio return. In the last few years People’s Utah Bancorp (NASDAQ:PUB) has paid a dividend to shareholders. Today it yields 1.3%. Does People’s Utah Bancorp tick all the boxes of a great dividend stock? Below, I’ll take you through my analysis.
Check out our latest analysis for People’s Utah Bancorp
5 questions I ask before picking a dividend stock
Whenever I am looking at a potential dividend stock investment, I always check these five metrics:
Is its annual yield among the top 25% of dividend-paying companies?
Has it consistently paid a stable dividend without missing a payment or drastically cutting payout?
Has dividend per share risen in the past couple of years?
Can it afford to pay the current rate of dividends from its earnings?
Will it be able to continue to payout at the current rate in the future?
Does People’s Utah Bancorp pass our checks?
People’s Utah Bancorp has a trailing twelve-month payout ratio of 27.3%, meaning the dividend is sufficiently 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.
If you want to dive deeper into the sustainability of a certain payout ratio, you may wish to consider the cash flow of the business. Companies with strong cash flow can sustain a higher payout ratio, while companies with weaker cash flow generally cannot.
If there’s one type of stock you want to be reliable, it’s dividend stocks and their stable income-generating ability. Unfortunately, it is really too early to view People’s Utah Bancorp as a dividend investment. It has only been consistently paying dividends for 3 years, however, standard practice for reliable payers is to look for a 10-year minimum track record.
Relative to peers, People’s Utah Bancorp has a yield of 1.3%, which is on the low-side for Banks stocks.
Next Steps:
After digging a little deeper into People’s Utah Bancorp’s yield, it’s easy to see why you should be cautious investing in the company just 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, I recommend taking sufficient time to understand its core business and determine whether the company and its investment properties suit your overall goals. Below, I’ve compiled three key aspects you should further examine:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for PUB’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for PUB’s outlook.
Valuation: What is PUB 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 PUB 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 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.
