Current Report: Sienna Senior Living Could Gain 19.85% In The Coming Year

The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Sienna Senior Living (LWSCF) owns and manages seniors’ living residences. It also offers independent living, assisted living, long-term care, and specialized programs and services.

Three key data points gauge LWSCF (or any dividend-paying entity):

(1) Price 

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

LWSCF Price

Sienna’s single share price increased $3.17 (or about 23.3%) from $13.58 to $16.75 in the past year, per Monday’s opening market report.

No analysts cover the stock. However, the LWSCF past three-year price history shows an average $2.66 annual price gain, which I’ll use for its annual return, after I discuss dividends.  

LWSCF Dividends

Sienna Senior Living has paid monthly dividends since May 2005. The most recent Monthly dividend of $0.0554 was paid July 15th (to shareholders of record June 30th, yielding 3.97% annually (per Monday’s opening market report)

LWSCF Returns

Putting it all together, as of July 20th, a possible gross gain of $3.325 was projected. The $2.66 per share historic annual gain was added to the $0.665 forward-looking annual dividend to make that $3.325 gross gain.

A little over $1000 invested in Sienna at Monday’s $16.75 opening share price would buy 60 shares which multiply the $3.325 gross gain to $198.50 for the coming year, or about 19.85%.

My dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a dividend stock that pay an annual dividend (from $1000 invested) that is greater than the cost of one share.

LWSCF’s projected annual dividend from $1K invested is $198.50. As Sienna shows, an annual dividend from $1,000 invested at a $16.75 price proves to be 11.85 times its recent single share price.

The exact track of LWSCF’s future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances. 

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.