I screened all stocks with positive dividend payments and a low P/E ratio (below
15) that have crossed recently new one year highs and tried to find some opportunities.
Thirteen companies fulfilled my restrictions of which two have a double-digit yield
and four are high yields. Only five of the results are still recommended to buy.
Here are my favorite
stocks:
National Grid (NYSE:NGG) has a market capitalization of $37.84 billion. The company employs 27,089 people, generates revenues of $23,126.78 million and has a net income of $3,487.64 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,066.88 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 34.88 percent (operating margin 26.15 percent and the net profit margin finally 15.08 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 50.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 256.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 32.57 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.93 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.72, P/S ratio 1.62 and P/B ratio 2.53. Dividend Yield: 5.69 percent. The beta ratio is 0.61.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of National Grid plc (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of National Grid plc (ADR) (NGG) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of National Grid plc (ADR) (NYSE: NGG) (Click to enlarge) |
BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) has a market capitalization of $22.10 billion. The company employs 31,800 people, generates revenues of $6,885.00 million and has a net income of $1,332.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,759.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 40.07 percent (operating margin 18.89 percent and the net profit margin finally 15.45 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 14.53 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 145.65 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.12. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.65 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.94, P/S ratio 2.56 and P/B ratio 1.26. Dividend Yield: 2.53 percent. The beta ratio is 1.05.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of BB&T Corporation (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of BB&T Corporation (BBT) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) (Click to enlarge) |
Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH) has a market capitalization of $2.21 billion. The company employs 2,370 people, generates revenues of $439.69 million and has a net income of $160.04 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $243.58 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 55.40 percent (operating margin 38.61 percent and the net profit margin finally 27.22 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 14.21 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 196.23 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.39. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.20, P/S ratio 3.73 and P/B ratio 2.18. Dividend Yield: 3.78 percent. The beta ratio is 0.85.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Bank of Hawaii Corpora... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Bank of Hawaii Corpora... (BOH) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Bank of Hawaii Corpora... (NYSE: BOH) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of dividend stocks at new 52-Week Highs. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.95 and forward P/E ratio is 9.74. The dividend
yield has a value of 4.20 percent. Price to book ratio is 4.66 and price to
sales ratio 3.33. The operating margin amounts to 35.26 percent. The average stock
is 0.82 percent below its 52-Week High.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Dividend Stocks At New 52-Week Highs With Low P/E Ratio (Click to enlarge) |
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have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any
positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about
any specific stock, sector or theme.