Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of March 2011

Here is a current dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of 30 stocks that have interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double digit long term earnings growth rates. Companies traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 as well as Nasdaq Composite. Date is 2011-03-02. The list is selected by the following criteria’s and sorted by dividend yield:

Market capitalization: > 1 Billion
Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100
Dividend Yield: > 3 < 20
Return on investment: > 10 < 100
Operating Margin: > 10 < 100 10
Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200 10
Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

The average dividend yield amounts to 3.46 percent while the average price to earnings ratio is 14.21. Stocks grew with 18.15 percent in revenues and 20.28 percent in earnings per share over the past decade. The average operating margin is 29.76 percent.


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