Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:PROV) investors are due to receive a payment of $0.14 per share on 5th of December. Based on this payment, the dividend yield will be 3.6%, which is fairly typical for the industry.

Check out our latest analysis for Provident Financial Holdings

Provident Financial Holdings' Earnings Will Easily Cover The Distributions

We like a dividend to be consistent over the long term, so checking whether it is sustainable is important.

Having distributed dividends for at least 10 years, Provident Financial Holdings has a long history of paying out a part of its earnings to shareholders. Based on Provident Financial Holdings' last earnings report, the payout ratio is at a decent 53%, meaning that the company is able to pay out its dividend with a bit of room to spare.

Looking forward, EPS is forecast to rise by 41.5% over the next 3 years. The future payout ratio could be 41% over that time period, according to analyst estimates, which is a good look for the future of the dividend.

Provident Financial Holdings Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The annual payment during the last 10 years was $0.40 in 2014, and the most recent fiscal year payment was $0.56. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 3.4% over that duration. Slow and steady dividend growth might not sound that exciting, but dividends have been stable for ten years, which we think makes this a fairly attractive offer.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

Investors who have held shares in the company for the past few years will be happy with the dividend income they have received. Provident Financial Holdings has impressed us by growing EPS at 13% per year over the past five years. Earnings are on the uptrend, and it is only paying a small portion of those earnings to shareholders.

We Really Like Provident Financial Holdings' Dividend

Overall, we think that this is a great income investment, and we think that maintaining the dividend this year may have been a conservative choice. Earnings are easily covering distributions, and the company is generating plenty of cash. Taking this all into consideration, this looks like it could be a good dividend opportunity.

Companies possessing a stable dividend policy will likely enjoy greater investor interest than those suffering from a more inconsistent approach. At the same time, there are other factors our readers should be conscious of before pouring capital into a stock. Are management backing themselves to deliver performance? Check their shareholdings in Provident Financial Holdings in our latest insider ownership analysis. If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of high yield dividend stocks.

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