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Why Glacier Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:GBCI) Should Be In Your Portfolio

Yolanda Lovett

There is a lot to be liked about Glacier Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:GBCI) as an income stock, over the past 10 years it has returned an average of 3.0% per year. The company currently pays out a dividend yield of 3.0% to shareholders, making it a relatively attractive dividend stock. Should it have a place in your portfolio? Let’s take a look at Glacier Bancorp in more detail.

See our latest analysis for Glacier Bancorp

5 checks you should use to assess a dividend stock


  • Has dividend per share amount increased over the past?
NasdaqGS:GBCI Historical Dividend Yield August 31st 18

How well does Glacier Bancorp fit our criteria?

Glacier Bancorp has a trailing twelve-month payout ratio of 54.4%, meaning the dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. However, going forward, analysts expect GBCI’s payout to fall to 48.0% of its earnings, which leads to a dividend yield of 2.4%. However, EPS should increase to $2.32, meaning that the lower payout ratio does not necessarily implicate a lower dividend payment.

If there’s one type of stock you want to be reliable, it’s dividend stocks and their stable income-generating ability. In the case of GBCI it has increased its DPS from $0.52 to $1.34 in the past 10 years. It has also been paying out dividend consistently during this time, as you’d expect for a company increasing its dividend levels. This is an impressive feat, which makes GBCI a true dividend rockstar.

Compared to its peers, Glacier Bancorp has a yield of 3.0%, which is high for Banks stocks but still below the market’s top dividend payers.

Next Steps:

With this in mind, I definitely rank Glacier Bancorp as a strong dividend stock, and makes it worth further research for anyone who likes steady income generation from their portfolio. Given that this is purely a dividend analysis, I urge potential investors to try and get a good understanding of the underlying business and its fundamentals before deciding on an investment. Below, I’ve compiled three pertinent factors you should look at:

  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for GBCI’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for GBCI’s outlook.
  2. Valuation: What is GBCI worth today? Even if the stock is a cash cow, it’s not worth an infinite price. The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether GBCI is currently mispriced by the market.

