Seems to be Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYS: XOM) is preparing to go to the dividend in the next four days. It is generally found that the former dividend date is one working day before the date of the record, which is a marginal date you must be in the company’s books as a shareholder to obtain dividends. The ex-division date is important because the billing process covers the full day. So, if you miss that date, you would not show the company’s books on the day of recording. Therefore, if you acquire Exxon Mobil shares on August 15th. Or after it, you will not be able to get dividends when it is paid on September 10th.
Another payment of dividends of the company will be $ 0.99 per share, and in the last 12 months the company has paid a total of $ 3.96 per share. On the basis of last year’s value payments, Exxon Mobil is 3.7%compared to the current share price of $ 106.80. Dividends are an important source of income of many shareholders, but business health is very important for maintaining those dividends. We need to see if the dividends are covered by earnings and whether it is growing.
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Dividends are usually paid from the company’s revenue, so if the company pays more than earned, its dividends usually have a higher risk to be reduced. Exxon Mobil has paid more than half (56%) of its income last year, which is the usual benefit ratio for most companies. However, cash flows are usually more important than profits to assess the sustainability of dividends, so we should always check that the company has earned enough cash to afford dividends. Dividends consumed 59% of the company’s free cash flow last year, which is a normal range of dividend payment organizations.
It is interesting to note that the Exxon Mobil dividends are covered by both profits and cash flows, as this is usually a sign that dividends are sustainable and a lower benefit ratio usually indicates a higher security limit until dividends decrease.
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Companies that are constantly growing per campaign usually form the best dividend shares, as they usually find it easier to grow dividends per share. If the business reaches the recession and reduces dividends, the company could notice that its value has fallen. Fortunately for readers, EXXon Mobil has gained a profit for one campaign over the last five years by 17% per year. Exxon Mobil pays a little over half of its earnings, which indicates that the company strikes balance between growth reinvestment and dividend payment. Depending on the rapid growth of one promotion and the current payout, dividends may be increased in the future.