Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) Has Announced A Dividend Of $0.12
Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) has announced that it will pay a dividend of $0.12 per share on the 21st of January. Based on this payment, the dividend yield will be 2.1%, which is fairly typical for the industry.
Gentex's Projected Earnings Seem Likely To Cover Future Distributions
While it is always good to see a solid dividend yield, we should also consider whether the payment is feasible. However, Gentex's earnings easily cover the dividend. As a result, a large proportion of what it earned was being reinvested back into the business.
The next year is set to see EPS grow by 64.3%. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 18% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.
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Gentex Has A Solid Track Record
Even over a long history of paying dividends, the company's distributions have been remarkably stable. Since 2015, the dividend has gone from $0.32 total annually to $0.48. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 4.1% over that duration. Dividends have grown relatively slowly, which is not great, but some investors may value the relative consistency of the dividend.
We Could See Gentex's Dividend Growing
Investors could be attracted to the stock based on the quality of its payment history. We are encouraged to see that Gentex has grown earnings per share at 6.9% per year over the past five years. With a decent amount of growth and a low payout ratio, we think this bodes well for Gentex's prospects of growing its dividend payments in the future.
We Really Like Gentex's Dividend
Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. Distributions are quite easily covered by earnings, which are also being converted to cash flows. All of these factors considered, we think this has solid potential as a dividend stock.
Market movements attest to how highly valued a consistent dividend policy is compared to one which is more unpredictable. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Companies that are growing earnings tend to be the best dividend stocks over the long term. See what the 7 analysts we track are forecasting for Gentex for free with public analyst estimates for the company. Is Gentex not quite the opportunity you were looking for? Why not check out our selection of top dividend stocks.
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