UTMD Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. As for UTMD, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a negative return of 20.76% relative to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for Utah Medical Products Inc are:

• In comparison to other dividend stocks in the Healthcare sector, UTMD is growing its dividends at a faster rate than about 5.26% of them.
• With a market cap of roughly $312 million, UTMD is in the small-sized market cap class; amongst this group of stocks, its equity discount rate is lower than 94.46% of them.
• A stock's beta generally indicates its volatility relative to the broader equity market; for Utah Medical Products Inc, its beta is lower than 93.81% of dividend issuing stocks we observed.

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