Be Sure To Check Out Central Valley Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVCY) Before It Goes Ex-Dividend
Central Valley Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVCY) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. You can purchase shares before the 12th of November in order to receive the dividend, which the company will pay on the 27th of November.
Central Valley Community Bancorp's next dividend payment will be US$0.11 per share. Last year, in total, the company distributed US$0.44 to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, Central Valley Community Bancorp stock has a trailing yield of around 3.5% on the current share price of $12.68. We love seeing companies pay a dividend, but it's also important to be sure that laying the golden eggs isn't going to kill our golden goose! As a result, readers should always check whether Central Valley Community Bancorp has been able to grow its dividends, or if the dividend might be cut.
See our latest analysis for Central Valley Community Bancorp
Dividends are typically paid from company earnings. If a company pays more in dividends than it earned in profit, then the dividend could be unsustainable. Central Valley Community Bancorp paid out a comfortable 32% of its profit last year.
Generally speaking, the lower a company's payout ratios, the more resilient its dividend usually is.
Click here to see the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Companies with consistently growing earnings per share generally make the best dividend stocks, as they usually find it easier to grow dividends per share. If business enters a downturn and the dividend is cut, the company could see its value fall precipitously. It's encouraging to see Central Valley Community Bancorp has grown its earnings rapidly, up 24% a year for the past five years.
The main way most investors will assess a company's dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. Central Valley Community Bancorp has delivered an average of 10% per year annual increase in its dividend, based on the past eight years of dividend payments. Both per-share earnings and dividends have both been growing rapidly in recent times, which is great to see.
The Bottom Line
From a dividend perspective, should investors buy or avoid Central Valley Community Bancorp? When companies are growing rapidly and retaining a majority of the profits within the business, it's usually a sign that reinvesting earnings creates more value than paying dividends to shareholders. This is one of the most attractive investment combinations under this analysis, as it can create substantial value for investors over the long run. Central Valley Community Bancorp ticks a lot of boxes for us from a dividend perspective, and we think these characteristics should mark the company as deserving of further attention.
In light of that, while Central Valley Community Bancorp has an appealing dividend, it's worth knowing the risks involved with this stock. Be aware that Central Valley Community Bancorp is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those is a bit unpleasant...
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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