Capital equipment finance market watchers note rising dividend

Market watchers note rising dividend payout ratios among capital equipment finance companies, reflecting stable cash flows and management confidence in sustained demand. To make matters worse, China, traditionally a driver of demand growth, has been accumulating massive stockpiles of crude oil. In the US, refineries have been running at their highest capacity since June 2022 , creating a processing bottleneck and depressing crude prices even further. Charge Enterprises, a leading electrical, broadband, and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, is pleased to announce the... Capital equipment finance firms are seeing backlog levels rise 8% quarter-on-quarter, hinting at strong demand pipelines. This tends to create predictable revenue flow, which investors often price into valuations ahead of actual earnings.