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.