Great Plains Energy Inc
Revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for ten.
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Great Plains Energy Inc (GXP) Dividend Safety Score
Great Plains Energy Inc's Dividend Safety Score for fiscal 2017 cannot be worked out: needs 5 years of earnings per share.
Dividend Safety Score, annual
Annual newest first
| Period | Dividend Safety Score | Change (points) |
|---|
How fiscal 2017’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payout of earnings earnings at or below zero | — | — | Fail | 0 |
| Payout of free cash flow | 114.77% | — | Fail | 0 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.37 | — | Pass | 12 |
| Years without a dividend cut | 0 | — | Fail | 0 |
| Years of falling or negative earnings over the last 3 fiscal years | 1 | — | Fail | 7 |
| Dividend Safety Score | n/a — needs 5 years of earnings per share | — | ||
How the stockrow Dividend Safety Score works
Our own composite, out of 100, for the latest fiscal year: up to 25 points for how little of its earnings the dividend takes, 25 for how little of its free cash flow, 20 for net debt against EBITDA, 20 for the years it has paid without a cut and 10 for how steady earnings per share have been over ten years. How we calculate it.
| 80–100 | Well covered |
|---|---|
| 60–79 | Adequately covered |
| 40–59 | Stretched |
| below 40 | Weakly covered |
Not worked out for a company that pays no regular dividend, for banks and REITs, whose payouts and leverage these measures do not describe, or with fewer than five years of earnings.
What Dividend Safety Score is
The stockrow Dividend Safety Score rates how well earnings and free cash flow cover the dividend, with leverage, the dividend’s record and stable earnings.
Up to 25 points for the payout of earnings, 25 for the payout of free cash flow, 20 for net debt ÷ EBITDA, 20 for the years without a dividend cut and 10 for stable earnings