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New Work SE (ETR:NWO) Passed Our Checks, And It's About To Pay A €2.59 Dividend

New Work SE (ETR:NWO) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. Investors can purchase shares before the 1st of June in order to be eligible for this dividend, which will be paid on the 4th of June.

New Work's upcoming dividend is €2.59 a share, following on from the last 12 months, when the company distributed a total of €2.59 per share to shareholders. Based on the last year's worth of payments, New Work has a trailing yield of 0.9% on the current stock price of €281. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only if the dividend continues to be paid. That's why we should always check whether the dividend payments appear sustainable, and if the company is growing.

Check out our latest analysis for New Work

If a company pays out more in dividends than it earned, then the dividend might become unsustainable - hardly an ideal situation. New Work paid out a comfortable 45% of its profit last year. Yet cash flows are even more important than profits for assessing a dividend, so we need to see if the company generated enough cash to pay its distribution. It distributed 26% of its free cash flow as dividends, a comfortable payout level for most companies.

It's encouraging to see that the dividend is covered by both profit and cash flow. This generally suggests the dividend is sustainable, as long as earnings don't drop precipitously.

Click here to see the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.

XTRA:NWO Historical Dividend Yield May 27th 2020
XTRA:NWO Historical Dividend Yield May 27th 2020

Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?

Businesses with strong growth prospects usually make the best dividend payers, because it's easier to grow dividends when earnings per share are improving. Investors love dividends, so if earnings fall and the dividend is reduced, expect a stock to be sold off heavily at the same time. It's encouraging to see New Work has grown its earnings rapidly, up 39% a year for the past five years. New Work is paying out less than half its earnings and cash flow, while simultaneously growing earnings per share at a rapid clip. Companies with growing earnings and low payout ratios are often the best long-term dividend stocks, as the company can both grow its earnings and increase the percentage of earnings that it pays out, essentially multiplying the dividend.

The main way most investors will assess a company's dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. In the last eight years, New Work has lifted its dividend by approximately 21% a year on average. It's exciting to see that both earnings and dividends per share have grown rapidly over the past few years.

Final Takeaway

Is New Work worth buying for its dividend? New Work has grown its earnings per share while simultaneously reinvesting in the business. Unfortunately it's cut the dividend at least once in the past eight years, but the conservative payout ratio makes the current dividend look sustainable. It's a promising combination that should mark this company worthy of closer attention.

In light of that, while New Work has an appealing dividend, it's worth knowing the risks involved with this stock. For example, we've found 1 warning sign for New Work that we recommend you consider before investing in the business.

A common investment mistake is buying the first interesting stock you see. Here you can find a list of promising dividend stocks with a greater than 2% yield and an upcoming dividend.

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