9 Dividend Stocks With Improving Profitability and Interest Coverage By Kapitall. We ran a screen on dividend stocks paying dividend yields above 2% and sustainable payout ratios below 35%. We screened this universe for stocks seeing significant improvements in profitability, comparing trailing-twelve-month EBITDA/common equity to the company’s five-year average.
Here are 9 dividend shares with increasing profitability and interest coverage:
1. ConocoPhillips (COP)
Dividend yield at 3.52%
2. Safeway Inc. (SWY)
Dividend yield at 3.01%
3. Foot Locker, Inc. (FL)
Dividend yield at 2.90%
4. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)
Dividend yield at 2.89%
5. Autoliv, Inc. (ALV)
Dividend yield at 2.61%
6. Harris Corp. (HRS)
Dividend yield at 2.31%
7. KLA-Tencor Corporation (KLAC)
Dividend yield at 2.27%
8. Brinker International Inc. (EAT)
Dividend yield at 2.18%
9. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (SMG)
Dividend yield at 2.01%
Related Stock Ticker:
SMG, EAT, KLAC, HRS, ALV, NOC, FL, SWY, COP
Source: Seeking Alpha