Summary
- Newport Exploration Ltd. holds 100 per cent interest in Chu Chua sulphide project
- Input Capita Corp. acquired SRG Security Resource Group in February 2021
- Diversified Royalty Corp. stock is up 5.39 per cent over 3-month period
Penny stocks are stocks of a relatively smaller company that trade under C$5 that can end up generating moderate to high returns over a certain period.
What’s better than a penny stock that pays dividend too? Dividend, as we know, is a regular payout by companies and can be equated to regular income on investment. In these uncertain COVID-19 times, let’s see three Canadian penny stocks that pay dividend, and hence can be good buys.
Newport Exploration Ltd. (TSXV:NWX)
Newport Exploration was incorporated in 1979, and the company holds 100 per cent interest in Chu Chua sulphide project in British Columbia. It has a market cap of over C$43 million, and the price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 5.85.
The company pays dividend of C$0.01 per share on a quarterly basis and the last dividend payable date was March 12, 2021. The stock’s dividend yield is 9.87 per cent.
Newport Exploration’s stock has declined 21.15 per cent over last 3 months.
The scrips’ return on equity (RoE) is 76 per cent while return on assets (RoA) is over 69 per cent, as per data on TMX.

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Input Capital Corp. (TSXV:INP)
Input Capital is into flexible financing business with canola farmers. The company helps them with working capital and mortgage financing. In February this year, the company acquired SRG Security Resource Group Inc.
Input Capital has a market cap of over C$51 million, with P/B ratio of 0.76.
It pays a quarterly dividend of C$0.01. The last dividend payable date was April 15, 2021. The stock’s dividend yield is 4.7 per cent.
The stock has declined 5.56 per cent over last three months. RoA and RoE is 1.85 per cent and 2.27 per cent, respectively.
Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSX:DIV)
This Vancouver-headquartered company acquires royalties from businesses and franchisors. Its market cap is over C$308 million.
Diversified Royalty Corp. declares monthly dividend. The next dividend payable date is May 31, 2021, and the dividend is C$0.017 per share. Dividend yield of the stock is 7.9 per cent.
The stock is up 5.39 per cent over three-month period.
Its P/B ratio is 1.6 while price-to-cash flow is 13.6.