Jindal Steel Limited (NSE:JINDALSTEL) will pay a dividend of ₹2.00 on the 29th of September. This means the annual payment will be 0.2% of the current stock price, which is lower than the industry average.
The dividend yield is a little bit low, but sustainability of the payments is also an important part of evaluating an income stock. However, based ont he last payment, Jindal Steel was earning enough to cover the dividend pretty comfortably. However, with more than 75% of free cash flow being paid out to shareholders, future growth could potentially be constrained.
According to analysts, EPS should be several times higher next year. If the dividend continues along recent trends, we estimate the payout ratio will be 1.9%, so there isn’t too much pressure on the dividend.