Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis

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An In-Depth Look at Coloplast A/S's Upcoming Dividend and Historical Performance

Coloplast A/S (CLPBY) recently announced a dividend of $0.07 per share, payable on 2024-05-28, with the ex-dividend date set for 2024-05-17. As investors look forward to this upcoming payment, the spotlight also shines on the company's dividend history, yield, and growth rates. Using the data from GuruFocus, let's look into Coloplast A/S's dividend performance and assess its sustainability.

What Does Coloplast A/S Do?

Coloplast is a leading global competitor in ostomy management and continence care. The firm designs, manufactures, and markets ostomy care systems, disposable containment devices, paste, powder, seals, and intermittent catheters for continence care. Coloplast also maintains a tertiary presence in the urology and woundcare markets, where it manufactures and markets penile implants, slings for incontinence and prolapse, and wound dressings. The company derives more than 60% of sales from Europe, 24% from other developed countries, and 17% from the rest of the world.

Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis
Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis

A Glimpse at Coloplast A/S's Dividend History

Coloplast A/S has maintained a consistent dividend payment record since 2014. Dividends are currently distributed on a bi-annually basis. Coloplast A/S has increased its dividend each year since 2014. The stock is thus listed as a dividend achiever, an honor that is given to companies that have increased their dividend each year for at least the past 10 years. Below is a chart showing annual Dividends Per Share for tracking historical trends.

Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis
Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis

Breaking Down Coloplast A/S's Dividend Yield and Growth

As of today, Coloplast A/S currently has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 2.44% and a 12-month forward dividend yield of 2.44%. This suggests an expectation of same dividend payments over the next 12 months.

Over the past three years, Coloplast A/S's annual dividend growth rate was 5.60%. Extended to a five-year horizon, this rate decreased to 5.40% per year. And over the past decade, Coloplast A/S's annual dividends per share growth rate stands at an impressive 11.60%.

Based on Coloplast A/S's dividend yield and five-year growth rate, the 5-year yield on cost of Coloplast A/S stock as of today is approximately 3.17%.

Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis
Coloplast A/S's Dividend Analysis

The Sustainability Question: Payout Ratio and Profitability

To assess the sustainability of the dividend, one needs to evaluate the company's payout ratio. The dividend payout ratio provides insights into the portion of earnings the company distributes as dividends. A lower ratio suggests that the company retains a significant part of its earnings, thereby ensuring the availability of funds for future growth and unexpected downturns. As of 2024-03-31, Coloplast A/S's dividend payout ratio is 0.91. And this may suggest that the company's dividend may not be sustainable.