Beat the TSX With This Cash-Gushing Dividend Stock

Down 26% from all-time highs, Tourmaline Oil stock offers you a tasty dividend yield while trading at a cheap multiple in October 2024.

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Canadian investors looking to beat the TSX Index can consider gaining exposure to quality dividend stocks with a growing payout. One such TSX dividend stock is Tourmaline Oil (TSX:TOU). Valued at $23.5 billion by market cap, Tourmaline Oil acquires, develops, and produces oil and natural gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

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Tourmaline Oil went public in November 2010 and has since returned 340% to shareholders in dividend-adjusted gains. The TSX Index has returned “just” 201% in this period. Let’s see why TOU stock remains a top investment choice in October 2024.

The bull case for investing in the TSX dividend stock

Lower commodity prices in 2024 have meant Tourmaline shares are down 26.5% below all-time highs. However, the pullback allows investors to gain exposure to a fundamentally strong company at a discount and benefit from outsized gains when market sentiment improves.

Tourmaline is a senior crude oil and natural gas exploration company. It began operations in 2008 and has since assembled an extensive underdeveloped land position with a large, multi-year drilling inventory and operating control of crucial natural gas processing and transportation infrastructure.

Tourmaline Oil is Canada’s largest natural gas producer and the fourth-largest Canadian gas processing midstream operator. With 75 years of drilling inventory, Tourmaline Oil claims to be the lowest capital-cost operator in the Western Canadian basin, which allows it to benefit from industry-leading cash flow growth.

A growing dividend payout

In 2024, Tourmaline Oil expects to report operating cash flow of $3.5 billion and allocate $2.2 billion towards capital expenditures, indicating free cash flow of $1.3 billion. Given its outstanding share count and an annual dividend of $1.40 per share, its dividend expense will amount to $520 million. Notably, Tourmaline also pays shareholders a special dividend, which depends on its cash flow generation.

In the last 12 months, its total dividends stood at $3.78 per share (which includes special dividends), translating to a trailing yield of over 6%. Moreover, its total dividend payout was much higher at $8.79 per share in the 12 months prior to July 2023, as it reported record free cash flow of $2.7 billion in 2022.

Tourmaline’s quarterly dividends have risen at a compounded annual growth rate of 23% in the last six years, enhancing the effective yield over time.

Is TOU stock undervalued?

Tourmaline expects its return on capital employed to remain over 10%, with base and special dividends offering a future income yield of at least 5% and additional upside during stronger commodity price environments.

Analysts tracking Tourmaline Oil expect its adjusted earnings to expand from $3.50 per share in 2024 to $6.55 per share in 2025. So, priced at nine times forward earnings, TOU stock is really cheap. Moreover, the energy stock trades at 18 times free cash flow, making it a top investment for value and income-seeking investors.

Analysts remain bullish and expect TOU stock to surge almost 30% in the next 12 months. If we account for its dividends, cumulative returns may be closer to 35%.

In summary, Tourmaline offers investors the opportunity to earn a steady return at a fair price while also receiving a market-leading dividend.

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