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Pitney Bowes, Inc (PBI) was founded by Arthur H. Pitney and Walter Bowes on April 23, 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

The Corporation is a global shipping and mailing company, which engages in the provision of technology, logistics, and financial services.

The company was formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company.

Three key data points gauge PBI or any dividend paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

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

PBI Price

Pitney Bowes shares price grew about 56.3% from $7.17 to $11.21 over the past year, as of Thursday’s closing price.

Two analysts cover the stock and the median of their one-year target estimates suggests PBI stock price growing to $15.00 over the coming year.

PBI Dividends

Pitney Bowes has paid variable dividends quarterly since September 12, 1989.

The current forward looking annual dividend of $0.32 yields 2.85% per Thursday’s $11.21 share price.

PBI Returns

Putting it all together, a $4.11 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding PBI’s annual $0.32 dividend to an estimated $3.79 annual price gain.

A little over $1000 invested at the recent $11.21 share price would buy89 shares which, multiply the $4.11 gross gain to an estimated $366.64 for the coming year.

About 7.75% of that $366.00 gain comes from the $28.50 in annual dividends generated from your $1,000 investment.

Besides, the $28.50 annual dividend from your $1k investment is over 2.5% greater than the recent $11.21 single-share price.

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

Therefore, you may choose to pounce on PBI to get that current $28.50 annual dividend income that has been paid out over the past 36 years.

The exact track of PBI’s future share price and dividends 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.

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