Is that this FTSE 250 dividend inventory the most popular one to look at in June?

The primary week of June brings an replace from a FTSE 250 inventory that I feel seems to be low-cost.

I’m speaking about B&M European Worth (LSE: BME), with full-year outcomes due on 4 June. The corporate runs the B&M retailer chain within the UK and France, and the UK’s Heron Meals chain. With the majority of income within the UK, maybe it may be seen as a barometer of cut-price retail on this nation.

Barometer

Regardless of an uptick prior to now month, the inventory has fallen 8% in 2025. And it’s down 45% since a December 2023 peak. The barometer is studying Stormy.

What to anticipate

It was an April pre-close buying and selling replace that kicked off the latest mini-recovery within the B&M share value. In it, the corporate put whole group income at £5.6bn, up 3.7% on a comparable 52-week foundation.

Adjusted EBITDA is now anticipated to be above the midpoint of the earlier steering vary of £605m-£625m. And we must be a full-year return on capital of round 30%.

That sounds fairly good. However the issue is that the tempting income rise is from retailer openings, with 45 new ones added to the checklist within the yr.

On a like-for-like foundation, B&M UK income fell 3.1% for the complete yr. French B&M shops noticed a 2.6% like-for-like rise. However France accounts for a bit lower than 11%, so it doesn’t make all that a lot distinction. Heron Meals noticed a 2.5% fall, and it accounts for about the identical proportion of whole income as B&M France.

What’s so good?

Right here’s what I actually like — the dividends. We’re a forecast yield of round 4.5%, however that solely paints a part of the image. It’s possible we’ll see a small fall in earnings per share (EPS) once we get our eyes on the complete numbers. But when forecasts are proper, it could nonetheless cowl the dividend 2.2 occasions.

What’s extra, the outlook suggests rises in each earnings and dividends within the subsequent two years too. However even that doesn’t inform the entire story.

Previously yr, B&M paid out atypical dividend money totalling £149m. However on prime of that, shareholders pocketed a £151m particular dividend. And within the latest replace, the corporate hinted at attainable future share buybacks, although a touch is all it was.

What to look at

Information of one other particular dividend is a key factor to hope for. If there may be one and it comes near final yr’s, we might be an efficient whole yield of near 9%. There aren’t many shares paying that a lot.

Then again, the absence of a particular dividend, or perhaps a disappointingly small one, may ship shareholders speeding for the promote button. I feel it’s a coin toss which method the B&M share value may go on outcomes day.

And we nonetheless have to see if and when like-for-like revenues will begin shifting up once more, which might be wanted for this spectacular dividend report to proceed. These are clearly dangers, however for me all of it makes B&M positively a FTSE 250 inventory to contemplate.