| OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF) is one of the most commonly requested stocks for Safety Net. I evaluated the stock's dividend safety in 2022, giving it a grade of "B," and then covered it again last September, upgrading it to an "A." For much of last year, it paid a double-digit yield, though a rise in the stock price late in 2023 brought the yield down to 8%. (The dividend itself stayed intact, but the higher stock price caused the yield to shrink.) OneMain lends money to subprime borrowers, a category that currently includes 100 million Americans. The company operates in 44 states and has been around since 1912. Though OneMain is 112 years old, its dividend history only goes back to 2019. But it has raised its dividend every year since then, and it paid special dividends in 2019, 2020 and 2021. It currently pays a $1 per share quarterly dividend. Should investors expect to continue to receive at least $1 each quarter? Because OneMain is a lender, we look at net interest income, or NII, to evaluate how much cash the company is bringing in. NII has risen in each of the past five years. But this year, it is expected to fall slightly. |
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