The Best Yielding Consumer Goods Shares With Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of stocks from the consumer goods sector with a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion (large capitalized), a dividend yield of more than 3 percent and finally a buy or better analyst rating. 15 companies from the consumer goods sector fulfilled these criteria of which 3 yielding over 4 percent. Four stocks have a strong buy rating.
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Philip Morris Intl. (NYSE: PM) has a market capitalization of $134.30 billion. The company employs 78,300 people, generates revenues of $67,713.00 million and has a net income of $7,498.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,132.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.92 percent (operating margin 16.54 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.07 percent).
The total debt representing 47.08 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 470.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 156.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.44 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.35, Price/Sales 1.98 and Price/Book ratio 39.74. Dividend Yield: 3.98 percent. The beta ratio is 0.85.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Philip Morris Intl. Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from Philip Morris Intl. Inc. (NYSE: PM) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Philip Morris Intl. Inc. (NYSE: PM) (Click to enlarge) |
Unilever (NYSE: UL) has a market capitalization of $89.08 billion. The company employs 167,000 people, generates revenues of $56,110.95 million and has a net income of $5,626.05 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,091.95 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 16.20 percent (operating margin 13.96 percent and the net profit margin finally 10.03 percent).
The total debt representing 22.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 63.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.96. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.05 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.06, Price/Sales 2.73 and Price/Book ratio 4.82. Dividend Yield: 3.94 percent. The beta ratio is 0.75.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Unilever plc (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE: UL) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE: UL) (Click to enlarge) |
PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) has a market capitalization of $100.68 billion. The company employs 294,000 people, generates revenues of $57,838.00 million and has a net income of $6,338.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10,573.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.28 percent (operating margin 14.41 percent and the net profit margin finally 10.96 percent).
The total debt representing 36.53 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 117.64 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 33.07 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.89 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.15, Price/Sales 1.74 and Price/Book ratio 4.79. Dividend Yield: 3.20 percent. The beta ratio is 0.51.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of PepsiCo, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) (Click to enlarge) |
The Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has a market capitalization of $181.06 billion. The company employs 129,000 people, generates revenues of $82,559.00 million and has a net income of $11,797.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $18,656.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 22.60 percent (operating margin 19.16 percent and the net profit margin finally 14.29 percent).
The total debt representing 23.14 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 47.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.94. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.97 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.72, Price/Sales 2.19 and Price/Book ratio 2.74. Dividend Yield: 3.19 percent. The beta ratio is 0.44.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Procter & Gamble Co. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) (Click to enlarge) |
General Mills (NYSE: GIS) has a market capitalization of $26.20 billion. The company employs 35,000 people, generates revenues of $14,880.20 million and has a net income of $1,707.10 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,247.10 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 21.82 percent (operating margin 18.65 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.47 percent).
The total debt representing 36.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 108.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.56 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.35. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.12 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.28, Price/Sales 1.76 and Price/Book ratio 4.12. Dividend Yield: 3.00 percent. The beta ratio is 0.19.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of General Mills, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) (Click to enlarge) |
Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):
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| 15 Consumer Dividend Stocks With Buy Or Better Rating (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 16.68 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 14.58. The dividend yield has a value of 3.51 percent. Price to book ratio is 8.56 and price to sales ratio 1.75. The operating margin amounts to 15.46 percent.
Related stock ticker symbols:
PHG, LO, BTI, PM, UL, KMB, HNZ, CAG, CAJ, IP, PEP, PG, KFT, DEO, GIS
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