Woolworths announced FY17 underlying NPAT of $1.42 billion, down 3.6% and the company declared a final dividend of 50 cents, which includes the one-off item from the sale of Masters. The higher dividend is not likely to recur in FY18.
The market is now looking for WOW to grow NPAT in the range of 5 – 8% and payout approximately $0.90 in full year distributions, placing the stock on 22x forward earnings and 3.1% dividend yield.
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We feel WOW is now fully valued and holding the stock can only be justified when an at-the-money covered call is overlaid to boost the annualised cash flow to 10 – 12%.
