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What does Div Streak mean?

The number of consecutive years the company has paid a dividend over the last 10 years (i.e. the maximum is 10).

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Consistent dividend payments indicate a company with a certain level of financial stability. It's important to check the individual payments to see if the dividend has ever been cut, but the dividend streak can be a useful preliminary filter.

What does Div Gwth Streak mean?

For how many out of the last 5 consecutive years has the company grown dividends?

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Companies with a track record of dividend increases tend to be more stable and motivated to maintain that track record.

What does Payout Ratio % mean?

The payout ratio measures the amount of earnings paid out in dividends to shareholders. It is calculated as DPS / EPS. Investors can use the payout ratio to determine what companies are doing with their earnings. Investors seeking high current income and limited capital growth prefer companies with high Dividend payout ratio. However investors seeking capital growth may prefer lower payout ratio if capital gains are taxed at a lower rate. High growth firms in early life generally have low or zero payout ratios. As they mature, they tend to return more of the earnings back to investors. The inverse of the payout ratio is Dividend Cover, which is a more popular metric in the UK.

What does Debt To Assets mean?

This is a metric used to measure a company's financial risk by determining how much of the company's assets have been financed by debt. It is calculated by adding short-term and long-term debt and then dividing by the company's total assets. For example, a company with £2 million in total assets and £500,000 in total liabilities would have a debt ratio of 25%.

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The higher the ratio, the greater risk will be associated with the firm's operation. In addition, high debt to assets ratio may indicate low borrowing capacity of a firm, which in turn will lower the firm's financial flexibility. Like all financial ratios, a company's debt ratio should be compared with their industry average or other competing firms.

Companies with high debt/asset ratios are said to be "highly leveraged". A company with a high debt ratio could be in danger if creditors start to demand repayment of debt.

What does DPS 5y CAGR % mean?

This growth rate is the compound annual growth rate in cash dividends per share of common stock over the last 5 years. Dividend growth is a good indicator of the financial health of a company.

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Dividends are the proportion of EPS paid out to shareholders each year. The dividend should be compared to the Share Price in order to calculate the Dividend Yield.

What does Yield % mean?

The dividend yield shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock. It is calculated as the historic or consensus forecast Annual Dividend per Share, divided by the current Price, multiplied by 100.

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In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock. A higher dividend yield is often considered to be desirable among many investors but it needs to be interpreted in light of the rest of the company's financials. <br/><br/> A high dividend yield may be considered to be evidence that a stock is under priced or alternatively it may be that the company has fallen on hard times and future dividends are at risk of being cut. Similarly a low dividend yield can be considered evidence that the stock is overpriced or an indication that future dividends may be higher. Many growth companies do not pay dividends, preferring to reinvest profits back into the business.

What does Mkt Cap £m mean?

Market Capitalisation is an indicator of the size of the company, specifically the total market value of the company's shares. It is calculated by multiplying the current Share Price by the current number of Shares Outstanding. This value is standardized into £ Sterling and it is updated each night (i.e. it is not 15 minute delayed data).

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Market Capitalisation only takes into account the value of the company's shares (equity), it ignores the amount of debt a company may have taken on and therefore isn't the best indicator of the company's size. The Enterprise Value adds the net debt to the Market Cap and is a better indicator of the minimum amount that an acquiring company may have to pay to buy the firm outright.