5 Metrics That Are Far More Important Than a Stock's Dividend Yield [Yahoo! Finance]
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Here are five metrics that can help you evaluate a dividend stock beyond its yield. 1. Free cash flow yield Free cash flow (FCF) yield is one of my favorite metrics for any company, not just dividend stocks. Just as dividend yield is simply the dividend per share divided by the share price, FCF yield is the FCF per share divided by the share price. It basically tells you the hypothetical yield of a stock if it distributed all of its FCF to shareholders. Mega-cap tech-oriented companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) , and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) are highly efficient businesses that generate a ton of FCF. In fact, all three companies could have dividend yields over 3% if they devoted all their FCF to dividends, but they would rather buy back stock and reinvest in the business (a strategy that has historically accelerated growth and benefited shareholders). If a company's FCF yield exceeds its dividend yield, that's a sign that it can
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