Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment: 10 Industrial Large Caps With Highest Dividend Yield

8/16/2011

10 Industrial Large Caps With Highest Dividend Yield

Industrial Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Dividend Yield by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The industrial goods sector is a major integrated branch within the economy. If the economy starts to recover, the industrial goods sector is one of the first sectors starting to boom. For cyclical investors, it is an interesting investment field.

I screened the industrial goods sector by large capitalized stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion as well as a dividend yield of more 3 percent. As result, 10 stocks from the sector resist the selection of which half of the companies came from the aerospace and defense as well as waste management industry.

Here are my 3 most promising stocks from the screening results:

1. Waste Management (WM) is acting within the waste management industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 14.6 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 12.9 billion and a net income of USD 948.0 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 15.6 and forward price to earnings ratio 12.5, Price/Sales 1.1 and Price/Book ratio 2.3. Dividend Yield: 4.4 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 7 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 9.3 percent. The company paid dividends since 1986.

2. Lockheed Martin (LMT) is acting within the aerospace and defense industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 23.6 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 46.4 billion and a net income of USD 2.7 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 9.3 and forward price to earnings ratio 8.1, Price/Sales 0.5 and Price/Book ratio 7.2. Dividend Yield: 4.3 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 8 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 20.3 percent. The company paid dividends since 1995.

3. General Electric (GE) is acting within the diversified machinery industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 173.7 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 151.0 billion and a net income of USD 13.7 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 12.7 and forward price to earnings ratio 10.0, Price/Sales 1.2 and Price/Book ratio 1.4. Dividend Yield: 3.7 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: -3.0 percent. The company paid dividends since 1899.

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of the list amounts to 13.16 while the average forward price to earnings ratio is 9.82. The dividend yield has an average value of 3.46 percent; 46.57 percent of the annual income was paid to shareholders. Price to book ratio is 1.78 and price to sales ratio 1.03. The average operating margin amounts to 12.45 percent.