Recreational vehicle retailer Camping World Holdings, Inc. (CWH) announced that it has doubled its quarterly cash dividend on the company’s Class A common stock to $0.50 per share. Shares were trading up 7.1% in the pre-market trading session at the time of writing.
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The dividend will be paid on September 28 to shareholders of record as of September 14. The company’s annualized dividend has now increased to $2 per share, reflecting a dividend yield of 5.4%.
Commenting on the hike, Marcus Lemonis, Chairman and CEO of Camping World, said, “We are pleased with our strong performance and disciplined cash management and remain focused on our long-term profitable growth and ability to consistently return capital to our stockholders on a go-forward basis, evidenced by the 100% increase in our annualized dividend to $2.00 per share.” (See Camping World stock charts on TipRanks)
On August 3, CWH reported solid second-quarter results. Following the report, Robert W. Baird analyst Craig Kennison upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold while maintaining a price target of $56, implying 50.3% upside potential to current levels.
Kennison was impressed with the company’s ability to post a record Q2 profit despite the inventory shortage and the “extremely tight market.” Notably, the analyst believes that healthy demand will keep inventory “tighter for longer.”
Overall, the stock commands a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 3 Buys and 1 Hold. The average Camping World price target of $52.33 implies 40.5% upside potential to current levels. Shares have gained 14.6% over the past year.
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