High Yield Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys From 2011/11/25

Daily Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys And Sells by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with insider transactions send often a clear signal for your own asset allocation. Insiders, those persons who know the company better as every analyst or investor, show their attitude to the company’s future. A stock often rises after insiders bought stocks from the company. Similar is it vice versa. The stock price often decline after insiders sold stocks from the company. Here are the recent insider transactions of best yielding stocks:

Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys:

Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (BONT) has a market capitalization of $46.57Million. The company has 19.69Million shares outstanding of which 2.42% were owned by insiders and 51.98% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 11.72% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -6.32%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 2.88, Price/Sales 0.02 and Price/Book 0.42. The dividend yield amounts to 8.46%.

6-Month Chart of Bon-Ton Stores Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM) has a market capitalization of $2.67Billion. The company has 1.03Billion shares outstanding of which 0.13% were owned by insiders and 46.60% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 21.91% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.92%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.48, Price/Sales 3.17 and Price/Book 0.78. The dividend yield amounts to 20.00%.

6-Month Chart of Chimera Investment Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Redwood Trust Inc. (RWT) has a market capitalization of $770.38Million. The company has 78.69Million shares outstanding of which 0.05% were owned by insiders and 85.25% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 34.08% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -0.93%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.47, Price/Sales 3.56 and Price/Book 0.80. The dividend yield amounts to 10.21%.

6-Month Chart of Redwood Trust Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Inergy, L.P. (NRGY) has a market capitalization of $3.08Billion. The company has 131.27Million shares outstanding of which 1.08% were owned by insiders and 35.67% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -4.27% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.64%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 83.86, Price/Sales 1.43 and Price/Book 2.18. The dividend yield amounts to 12.01%.

6-Month Chart of Inergy, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (RPT) has a market capitalization of $315.74Million. The company has 38.98Million shares outstanding of which 1.80% were owned by insiders and 95.20% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 4.47% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.34%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.25, Price/Sales 2.39 and Price/Book 0.63. The dividend yield amounts to 8.06%.

6-Month Chart of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (Click to enlarge)

Vector Group Ltd. (VGR) has a market capitalization of $1.40Billion. The company has 79.44Million shares outstanding of which 3.47% were owned by insiders and 44.89% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -2.48% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 2.38%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.75, Price/Sales 1.25 and Price/Book -. The dividend yield amounts to 8.67%.

6-Month Chart of Vector Group Ltd. (Click to enlarge)

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) has a market capitalization of $298.30Million. The company has 30.47Million shares outstanding of which 7.37% were owned by insiders and 99.85% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 467.60% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -6.80%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.29 and Price/Book 0.19. The dividend yield amounts to 8.94%.

6-Month Chart of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Rurban Financial Corp. (RBNF) has a market capitalization of $14.53Million. The company has 4.86Million shares outstanding of which 0.28% were owned by insiders and 11.19% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 277.16% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 1.87%.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.52 and Price/Book 0.31. The dividend yield amounts to 12.04%.

6-Month Chart of Rurban Financial Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Fashion Retailer GAP (NYSE:GPS) Expands In China

Dividend News by Dividend Yield. GAP bets on China business. The fashion producer GAP (GPS) announced to increase its stores network to 45 stores until 2013. The growing Chinese market is still attractive for retailers.

The US fashion chain company GAP (GPS) plans to expand its stores network in China significantly. The goal is to triple the number of stores in the coming year. Until the end of January the company will operate 15 stores. One year later there should be already 45 stores. The company has already over 400 stores in Asia and eight of them are in the cities of Shanghai and Beijing. With increased focus on China, GAP follows other international companies looking to expand its activities in the Chinese Republic. The company has a market capitalization of $8.9 billion and generated sales in an amount of $14.63 billion. The net income amounts to 918 million over the past 12 trailing months. The current P/E ratio is 10.24 and the current dividend yield amounts to 2.55%.

Stock Upgrades From 2011/11/25

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades By Dividend Yield. Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

TriQuint Semi (TQNT) has a market capitalization of $680.21Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “DA Davidson” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($8)”. The stock price closed at $4.09 and has changed by 1.54% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.18, Price/Sales 0.74 and Price/Book 0.73. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -30.00% for next year and 12.80% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of TriQuint Semi (Click to enlarge)

Dogs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average As Of November 2011

Dogs of the Dow Jones by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index. The 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 4.34 percent and a forward price to earnings ratio of 10.84. The average price to book ratio amounts to 2.16 and price to sales ratio is 1.65. Half of the stocks have a dividend yield of more than 4 percent.

Here are the three best yielding Dogs of the Dow:

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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has a market capitalization of $162.43 billion. The company employs 256,210 people, generates revenues of $124,280.00 million and has a net income of $19,400.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $38,952.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 31.34 percent (operating margin 15.75 percent and the net profit margin finally 15.61 percent).


The total debt representing 24.64 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 17.90 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.97 of which $1.69 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.91, Price/Sales 1.37 and Price/Book ratio 1.52. Dividend Yield: 6.01 percent. The beta ratio is 0.60.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of AT&T Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has a market capitalization of $100.08 billion. The company employs 195,400 people, generates revenues of $106,565.00 million and has a net income of $10,217.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $32,862.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.84 percent (operating margin 13.74 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.59 percent).


The total debt representing 24.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 136.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 6.38 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.49 of which $1.92 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.18, Price/Sales 0.97 and Price/Book ratio 2.67. Dividend Yield: 5.49 percent. The beta ratio is 0.58.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Verizon Communications... (Click to enlarge)

Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) has a market capitalization of $101.07 billion. The company employs 90,000 people, generates revenues of $45,987.00 million and has a net income of $982.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,250.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 20.11 percent (operating margin 3.59 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.14 percent).


The total debt representing 16.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 32.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.51 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.46 of which $1.52 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.65, Price/Sales 2.32 and Price/Book ratio 1.98. Dividend Yield: 4.81 percent. The beta ratio is 0.66.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Merck & Co., Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Here is the table with some fundamentals:

Dogs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average As Of November 2011 (Click to enlarge)

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Whitney R. Tilson - T2 Partners Q3-2011 Fund Portfolio

Whitney R. Tilson - T2 Partners Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Whitney R. Tilson’s - T2 Partners - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he held 54 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 168,381,000.

Whitney R. Tilson - T2 Partners fund positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B	10.69	Add 64.26%	$71.04
DELL - Dell Inc.	9.01	Add 160.18%	$14.14
HHC - Howard Hughes Corp.	6.49	Add 47.09%	$42.13
WDC - Western Digital	4.61	Add 141.60%	$25.72
JCP - Penney (J.C.)	4.39	Add 275667.00%	$26.78
C - Citigroup Inc.	4.17	Add 243.54%	$25.61
NNI - Nelnet Inc.	3.35	Add 8.76%	$18.78
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	3.28	Reduce 49.94%	$24.89
GS - Goldman Sachs Group	3.24	Buy	$94.54
PBY - Pep Boys	3.14	Add 20.46%	$9.87
REXI - Resource America Inc.	2.91	0	$4.51
BUD - Anheuser-Busch InBev	2.91	Reduce 19.14%	$52.98
ATVI - Activision Blizzard Inc.	2.65	Reduce 10.71%	$11.90
DLIA - dELiAs Inc.	2.48	Add 1.63%	$1.33
TTT - Terra Nova Royalty Corp.	2.26	Add 70.12%	$7.25
IDT - IDT Corp. CL B	2.18	Add 52.54%	$20.36
CSTR - Coinstar Inc.	1.85	Add 64.21%	$40.00
IBKR - Interactive Brokers Group Inc.	1.74	Add 2.44%	$13.93
CSCO - Cisco Systems	1.61	Reduce 30.00%	$15.50
ACOM - Ancestry.com Inc.	1.54	Buy	$23.50
CLMS - Calamos Asset Management Inc.	1.47	Add 7.52%	$10.01
XRX - Xerox Corp.	1.45	Add 7.69%	$6.97
AHL - Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.	1.37	Reduce 20.00%	$23.02
WRLS - Telular Corp.	1.32	Add 0.49%	$5.90
AAPL - Apple Inc.	1.25	Buy	$381.27
CIM - Chimera Investment Corp.	1.23	Add 150.00%	$2.77
IRDM - Iridium Communications Inc.	1.17	Reduce 61.77%	$6.20
DO - Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.	1.14	0	$54.71
WSTL - Westell Technologies Inc.	1.12	Add 141.67%	$2.16
FSC - FIFTH STREET FINANCE	1.11	Buy	$9.31
PFCB - P.F. Chang's China Bistro	1.05	Buy	$27.25
Y - Alleghany Corp.	1.03	Reduce 18.66%	$289.33
BIG - Big Lots Inc.	1.03	Buy	$34.84
SNDK - SanDisk Corp.	0.96	Buy	$40.35
EMC - EMC Corp.	0.94	Reduce 11.66%	$20.99
BRK.A - Berkshire Hathaway CL A	0.82	0	$106769.23
HOLX - Hologic Inc.	0.81	Buy	$15.21
WEYS - Weyco Group Inc.	0.79	Reduce 4.03%	$22.30
GPS - Gap	0.77	Buy	$16.24
MVC - MVC Capital Inc.	0.72	Reduce 0.78%	$10.50
BH - Biglari Holdings Inc.	0.71	Add 13.86%	$296.51
CSWC - Capital Southwest Corp.	0.65	0	$74.00
LOV - Spark Networks Inc.	0.6	Reduce 13.54%	$3.15
FUR - Winthrop Realty Trust Inc.	0.51	Buy	$8.69
MDT - Medtronic Inc.	0.36	Buy	$33.26
HIMX - Himax Technologies Inc.	0.24	Reduce 45.88%	$1.11
ETR:UGL - US GLOBAL INVESTORS A	0.21	0	$6.77
TWO - Two Harbors Investment Corp.	0.19	Reduce 93.10%	$8.84
DJCO - Daily Journal Corp.	0.14	0	$65.44
CIT - CIT Group	0.13	Reduce 96.49%	$30.38
STX - Seagate Technology	0.09	Reduce 98.32%	$10.25
TAT - TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.	0.08	Reduce 76.15%	$0.82
TCX - Tucows Inc.	0.06	0	$0.75
WFC - Wells Fargo	0	Buy	$20.00