This week my Safari portfolio seeks a company in the industrials sector.

That sector includes twenty-three industries all related to designing, fabricating and servicing stuff we want and use. The industrials industries range from aerospace and defense to waste management with all the transportation, business services, and equipment required in between.

Today I’m reviewing a diversified industrials company named Toshiba Machine Co. LTD. It’s trading ticker symbol is TSHMY. 

Toshiba Machine Co. LTD. manufactures and sells industrial machinery and equipment. Their products include Molding Machines, Machine Tools, and Hydraulic Equipment.

Shibaura Engineering Works Co., the forerunner of the Toshiba corporation was established in 1875. Toshiba Machine Co. LTD recently separated fromToshiba Corp., as their parent company and top shareholder. 

Toshiba Machine Co. LTD. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Their North American headquarters is in Elk Grove, IL

I use three primary keys to gauge dividend equities or funds like Toshiba Machine (TSHMY ): 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

After those three, I’ll use four more keys to unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.

Those three primary keys, however, best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

TSHMY Price

Toshiba Machine’s price at yesterday’s market close was $27.41 per share.  A year ago its price was $12.89. So it gained  $14.52 per share in the past year.  If TSHMY does as well this year its share price will increase from $27.41 to $41.93, or about 53%.

That’s an amazing increase, half that well would be fine. Say $7.26 growth instead of $14.52 would bring share price from $27.41 to $34.67 for a 26.5% increase.

TSHMY Dividends

Toshiba Machine’s most recent quarterly dividend was $0.2478 declared September 22nd, and paid December 19th.  

The annual dividend for 2018 is estimated to be $1.00 payable quarterly in March, June, September and December.