Topic: Dividend Stocks

Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $7.32 remains a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 416.0 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.newellbrands.com) makes a wide range of consumer and household products such as PaperMate pens, Elmer’s glue, Rubbermaid food containers, and Graco baby strollers.

With the June 2023 payment, Newell cut its quarterly dividend by 69.6%, to $0.07 a share from $0.23. The annual rate of $0.28 yields a solid 3.8%.

Under a new strategy to spur growth, Newell continues to cut the number of different products its makes from 28,000 in 2022 to under 20,000 in 2024. As a result, earnings will probably fall about 18%, to $0.65 a share in 2024, but they could rise to $0.75 a share in 2025. The stock trades at 9.8 times that 2025 estimate. The low multiple reflects investor uncertainty over slowing consumer confidence.

Newell is a hold.

SAPUTO INC. $27 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol SAP; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 424.3 million; Market cap: $11.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.saputo.com) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products. It also operates dairies in the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Argentina.

With the September 2024 payment, Saputo raised your quarterly dividend by 2.7%. The new annual rate of $0.76 a share yields 2.8%.

In June 2024, the company completed the sale of two fresh milk processing facilities in Australia. Saputo sold the facilities to Coles Group Limited for $95 million. The sale is part of the company’s global strategic plan to optimize its network as it focuses on higher-growth opportunities in Australia.

For the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2025, earnings will probably increase 12% to $1.72 a share. The stock trades at 15.7 times that figure.

Saputo is a hold.

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO. $47 is a buy. The company (New York symbol TNL; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 69.9 million; Market cap: $3.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.travelandleisureco.com) is the world’s largest vacation-ownership and exchange company with over 245 timeshare resorts and 804,000 owners.

With the March 2024 payment, Travel + Leisure increased your quarterly dividend by 11.1% to $0.50 a share from $0.45. The annual rate of $2.00 yields 4.3%.

Rebounding travel volumes should lift Travel + Leisure’s projected earnings by about 12%, from $5.61 a share in 2024 to $6.30 in 2025. The stock trades at just 7.5 times that 2025 forecast.

Travel + Leisure is a buy.

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