I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of
short selling stocks, measured by the short float ratio. The ratio shows how
many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of short
float have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short
position. Twelve dividend stocks from the utility sector have a short float
ratio of more than 5 percent.
Here are my favorite
stocks:
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) has a market capitalization of $30.63 billion. The company employs 18,440 people, generates revenues of $14,529.00 million and has a net income of $1,713.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,575.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 31.49 percent (operating margin 19.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.79 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 33.59 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 92.22 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.53 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.11. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.99 in form of dividends to shareholders. The float short amounts to 5.91 percent and the short ratio is 5.96.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.55, P/S ratio 2.09 and P/B ratio 1.33. Dividend Yield: 4.41 percent. The beta ratio is 0.35.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Duke Energy Corpo... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Duke Energy Corpo... (DUK) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Duke Energy Corpo... (NYSE: DUK) (Click to enlarge) |
Pepco Holdings (NYSE:POM) has a market capitalization of $4.40 billion. The company employs 5,104 people, generates revenues of $5,920.00 million and has a net income of $260.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,058.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.87 percent (operating margin 10.68 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.39 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 33.75 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 116.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.07 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.17. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.08 in form of dividends to shareholders. The float short amounts to 9.77 percent and the short ratio is 9.96.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.45, P/S ratio 0.75 and P/B ratio 1.02. Dividend Yield: 5.54 percent. The beta ratio is 0.47.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (POM) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) (Click to enlarge) |
Integrys Energy (NYSE:TEG) has a market capitalization of $4.30 billion. The company employs 4,619 people, generates revenues of $4,708.70 million and has a net income of $230.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $658.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.99 percent (operating margin 8.68 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.90 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 24.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 80.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.77 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.55. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.72 in form of dividends to shareholders. The float short amounts to 5.19 percent and the short ratio is 8.51.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.49, P/S ratio 0.91 and P/B ratio 1.44. Dividend Yield: 4.97 percent. The beta ratio is 0.84.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Integrys Energy G... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Integrys Energy G... (TEG) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Integrys Energy G... (NYSE: TEG) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of most shorted utility dividend stocks. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 19.81 and forward P/E ratio is 16.56. The dividend
yield has a value of 3.86 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.42 and price to
sales ratio 1.19. The operating margin amounts to 11.78 percent and the beta
ratio is 0.52. The average stock is shorted by 11.49 percent.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Utility Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio (Click to enlarge) |
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POM, TEG, BKH,
LG, DUK, GXP, WGL, NWN, NJR, CHG, CV, ORA
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* I
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.
