Just Three Days Till NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NL) Will Be Trading Ex-Dividend
Just Three Days Till NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NL) Will Be Trading Ex-Dividend
It looks like NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NL) is about to go ex-dividend in the next 3 days. The ex-dividend date is one business day before a company's record date, which is the date on which the company determines which shareholders are entitled to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is of consequence because whenever a stock is bought or sold, the trade takes at least two business day to settle. This means that investors who purchase NL Industries' shares on or after the 19th of August will not receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 29th of August.
看起来NL Industries,Inc. (NYSE:NL)将在接下来的3天内分红。分红日是公司股权登记日之前的一个工作日,是公司确定哪些股东有权获得分红的日期。分红日很重要,因为每当股票被买入或卖出时,交易需要至少两个工作日来结算。这意味着那些在8月19日或之后购买NL Industries股票的投资者将不能获得分红,这将在8月29日支付。
The company's next dividend payment will be US$0.43 per share. Last year, in total, the company distributed US$0.32 to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, NL Industries stock has a trailing yield of around 4.9% on the current share price of US$6.58. If you buy this business for its dividend, you should have an idea of whether NL Industries's dividend is reliable and sustainable. That's why we should always check whether the dividend payments appear sustainable, and if the company is growing.
该公司的下一个分红支付将为每股0.43美元。去年该公司总共向股东分配了0.32美元。基于去年的支付金额,NL Industries股票在当前股价6.58美元的情况下有大约4.9%的回报率。如果你买入这家公司是为了分红,那么你应该知道NL Industries的股息是否可靠和可持续。这就是为什么我们应该始终检查股息支付是否可持续,以及公司是否正在增长。
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. NL Industries paid out 66% of its earnings to investors last year, a normal payout level for most businesses. That said, even highly profitable companies sometimes might not generate enough cash to pay the dividend, which is why we should always check if the dividend is covered by cash flow. It distributed 40% of its free cash flow as dividends, a comfortable payout level for most companies.
分红通常是用公司利润支付的,因此如果一家公司支付的金额超过了其获得的利润,那么它的股息通常就更容易被削减。NL Industries去年向投资者支付了其收益的66%,对于大多数企业来说,这是正常的支付水平。也就是说,即使是高利润的公司有时也可能无法产生足够的现金支付股息,这就是为什么我们应该始终检查公司的现金流是否足够支付股息。它将免费现金流的40%作为股息分配,对于大多数公司来说,这是一个舒适的支付水平。
It's positive to see that NL Industries's dividend is covered by both profits and cash flow, since this is generally a sign that the dividend is sustainable, and a lower payout ratio usually suggests a greater margin of safety before the dividend gets cut.
看到NL Industries的股息既有利润又有现金流支持是积极的,因为这通常是股息可持续的迹象,而较低的支付比通常意味着在削减股息之前有更大的安全范围。
Click here to see how much of its profit NL Industries paid out over the last 12 months.
单击此处查看NL Industries过去12个月支付的利润金额。
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Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
收益和股息一直在增长吗?
When earnings decline, dividend companies become much harder to analyse and own safely. Investors love dividends, so if earnings fall and the dividend is reduced, expect a stock to be sold off heavily at the same time. With that in mind, we're discomforted by NL Industries's 7.4% per annum decline in earnings in the past five years. Ultimately, when earnings per share decline, the size of the pie from which dividends can be paid, shrinks.
当收益下降时,分红企业变得更加难以分析和安全地拥有。投资者喜爱分红,因此如果收益下降并且股息减少,预计股票将同时大幅抛售。考虑到这一点,在过去五年中,NL Industries每年的收益率下降了7.4%。当每股收益下降时,可以支付股息的总量会减少。
Another key way to measure a company's dividend prospects is by measuring its historical rate of dividend growth. NL Industries has seen its dividend decline 4.4% per annum on average over the past 10 years, which is not great to see. It's never nice to see earnings and dividends falling, but at least management has cut the dividend rather than potentially risk the company's health in an attempt to maintain it.
衡量公司股息前景的另一种关键方法是通过测量其历史股息增长率。过去10年中,NL Industries平均每年股息下降了4.4%,这不是很好的结果。看到收益和股息下降肯定不是好事,但是至少管理层削减了股息,而不是为了保持股息而可能冒公司健康的风险。
Final Takeaway
最后的结论
Is NL Industries worth buying for its dividend? The payout ratios are within a reasonable range, implying the dividend may be sustainable. Declining earnings are a serious concern, however, and could pose a threat to the dividend in future. In summary, while it has some positive characteristics, we're not inclined to race out and buy NL Industries today.
除了支付比比较合理外,是否值得购买NL Industries的股息?收益下降是一个严重的问题,可能会对未来的股息产生威胁。总之,尽管它具有一些积极的特征,但我们不倾向于赶紧购买NL Industries。
So if you want to do more digging on NL Industries, you'll find it worthwhile knowing the risks that this stock faces. Be aware that NL Industries is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those can't be ignored...
因此,如果您想对NL Industries进行更多挖掘,那么了解该股面临的风险将是值得的。请注意,分析投资中,NL Industries在2个方面显示出警告信号,其中1个不能被忽略...
Generally, we wouldn't recommend just buying the first dividend stock you see. Here's a curated list of interesting stocks that are strong dividend payers.
一般来说,我们不建议仅仅购买第一个股息股票。下面是一个经过策划的有趣的、股息表现良好的股票清单。
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