Summary
- Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX:CP) is a large-cap enterprise with competitive access and strategic advantage in key geographies like Canada and the US.
- The company announced a dividend of C$ 0.19 apiece in April, with an ex-dividend date of June 24, 2021.
- Presently holding an yield of 0.844 per cent, the dividend will be payable on July 26.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX:CP) is a large-cap enterprise with competitive access and strategic advantage in key geographies like Canada and the US. Its diversified business model reeled in about 30 per cent of its revenue in fiscal 2020 from domestic operations, while about 40 per cent of it came from global operations in Asia and Europe.
CP Rail distributes a chunk of its income among its shareholders in form of quarterly dividends, something that often makes it a favourite among investors exploring large-cap establishments.
In April 2021, the company announced a dividend of C$ 0.19 apiece, with an ex-dividend date of June 24, 2021. Presently holding an yield of 0.844 per cent, the dividend will be payable on July 26.
Let us take a closer look at Canadian Pacific Railway’s dividend performance.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX:CP) dividend performance
In the last five years, CP Rail has recorded a dividend growth of 18.86 per cent, as per TMX data. This growth stood at 15.95 per cent in the past three years.
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Considering a five-year period, CP Rail’s dividends grew from a gross amount (unadjusted) of C$ 0.5 apiece in January 2017 to that of C$ 0.95 apiece in April 2021, as per Refinitive date.
In July last year, CP Rail announced that it is increasing its dividend by about 15 per cent to C$ 0.95 per share, up from C$ 0.83 per share.
The July 2021 cash dividend, however, is set to be much lower at C$ 0.19.
CP Rail’s financial & stock performance
CP stock closed at a value of C$ 90.02 on Wednesday, July 14, standing at a one-year growth of about 32 per cent.
The scrip also grew by about nine per cent in the past nine months and rose about three per cent on a year-to-date (YTD) basis.
On the financial front, CP Rail recorded total revenues of C$ 1.96 billion in Q1 2021, which was down four per cent year-over-year (YoY).
Canadian Pacific’s net income, on the other hand, jumped to C$ 602 million in Q1 2021, as against that ofC$ 409 million in Q1 2020.
The company has identified new railway projects to increase in existing footprint in other geographies and locations. Moreover, with freight transportation by rail playing an important in lowering carbon emissions, the enterprise is likely to grow further amid Canada’s expanding climate change plans.
The above constitutes a preliminary view and any interest in stocks should be evaluated further from investment point of view.
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