I can’t work my yield out — calculator goes wonky when I punch in 13.16 / -35
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For those who have forgotten what I posted last October
A dividend hound following your instructions would never invest Baa-Baa. There is always a possibility of locking in a better yield. IMO you have to decide what yield is acceptable to you and make your investment decisions based on that. There is no 'right answer' to this question. It is a matter of individual judgement that each shareholder must make for themselves.
In my case I try to look over the business cycle because the chances are I will hold over the business cycle. I want to buy at the lowest price (highest yield) I reasonably can. Buying just before a recession (share prices are forward looking) gives me the best opportunity to do just that. Any share price can always go up, go down or stay the same. Buying when a trend reverses will guarantee you do not get in at the lowest price and does not guarantee that the aforementioned trend will not suddenly reverse again. At that point a trader might sell, possibly at a loss and certainly incurring brokerage - trading their profits away. There are no guarantees in this game and with the benefit of hindsight I could have got a better yield on my HGH shares that I bought. But do I regret buying a couple of weeks ago? No. Because:
1/ No-one has the benefit of hindsight at the time they buy. AND
2/ I was very happy with the yield I got.
You have to remember that the market is a mechanism to offer you deals for buying and selling your shares. There is no compulsion to act on these daily offers to buy or sell. 99% of shareholders don't on any particular day.
SNOOPY
Snoopy, in your formula above you write:
(Representative Dividend per Share) / (Acceptable Gross Yield) = Share Price (an algebraic manipulation of: Dividend per Share / Share Price = Yield )
8.333c / (0.72 x 0.075) = $1.54
Sorry if I'm missing something, I don't see where the 0.72 comes from. Could you explain please, for the benefit of an old tech?
Thanks for the question oldtech. The 8.333c is a representative dividend figure with tax paid. If you go down to a bank and put money in a term deposit the rate they quote to you will be before tax is paid. So to get a better 'like with like' comparison I prefer to look at dividends before tax is paid. The company tax rate in New Zealand is 28%. That means you keep 72% of your return and the government keeps 28% (28% + 72% = 100%). The factor '0.72' in the denominator of my calculation is therefore the factor I am using to convert my annual indicative dividend figure of 8.333c to the 'before tax dividend figure' of.
8.333c / 0.72 = 11.57c (note 11.57c x 0.72 = 8.333c)
The technical term for 'before tax dividend' is the 'gross dividend'. The after tax dividend figure of 8.333c is normally termed the 'net dividend'.
HTH
SNOOPY
im thinking div cut is on the cards
The first half year paid dividend was 5.5c. If the second half dividend of 3.5c is maintained, that gives a full year dividend of 9.0c. I am modelling a business cycle dividend 8.33c. That represents a 7% dividend cut from current levels. That means I am modelling a dividend cut (which doesn't mean I necessarily expect it) and the investment case for HGH still stacks up.
SNOOPY
regulatory costs are increasing in aus for bank, finance related businesses look at all the commentary in aus about increased costs going forward. in nz rbnz capital requirements im thinking hgh need to be cautious until everything known. if div goes up i be surprised and guess it will be a very good div yield company
Talked to a Sydney based fundie 2 days ago who cut their position in HGH last year.
Two reasons - they have enough problems with their own banking exposure without taking on any in NZ but they are also very concerned about HGH's exposure to the Oz property market.
https://www.smh.com.au/money/investi...14-p50xpc.html
Let's hope HGH make a real effort to explain their exposure and sensitivity to that market - in simple terms and in plain English!
Otherwise, there will be only Kiwis left in this stock as the Ozzies continue to sell down and out.
The Heartland 2022 Notes priced at 3.3% at the moment
Dividend yield 6.7% - gives you some idea of the ‘risk’ the market sees with holding the shares